Greenville, Carolina

You are on my tongue
And in my lungs,
Your heavy fragrance anchors me
Down in this ignorant and vulgar city
Where they can't see that more is often less.
I guess they never visit Dallas.

But what's geography?
I know of people in New York
Who think that Adam Sandler
Is funny and hilarious
And boring folks in France
Who listen to Imagine Dragons
With a fervent zest found only
In Mariah Carey fans.

My hands survey
Your gently curving leeway.
You are culture,
Continent enough to stay
Exploring.

- 9/10/25

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