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By Violet Date: 2003 Oct 09 Comment on this Work [[2003.10.09.11.56.15784]] |
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i wish it were more like New England here more falling fall colors more salty sea air more chill more damp cold in my lungs i feel more at home there than here even though this is home there is where my heart goes when it's homesick i can see us there in an old white colonial house with black shutters and a red door with a pineapple hung over it at xmas time we would have a golden retreiver and children with perfect table manners they wouldn't say "pop" they'd say "soda" but we probably won't make a life over there we will stay here and be rained on we will have kids that recycle and boycott umbrellas we'll get a modest home with a yard big enough for a garden i will long for people that say "lobstah" and "chowdah" and wish for saltwater taffy with sunny beach summers while i drive my volkswagen to PTA meetings in quiet, rainy traffic without ever once honking the horn |