State of Innocence
When I think of Florida
I try to picture it without a single human
No buildings
or bridges
or boats
No telephone poles
or highways
or cars
When I think of Florida
I can't imagine
what it must have looked like
before we uprighters
considered it worthy of conquest
I can't wrap my head around how innocent
how beautiful
and wild it must have been
That is, until the sun rises or sets
And then I somehow know