a new ohioan’s aspirations

last month he was an arizonan and a phoenician

now he is becoming an ohioan from toledo

because love is grand and of colossal power

and the woman is lovely and kind and playful

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leaving one community for another is not easy

it is an uprooting that includes many goodbyes

there is a hint of the funereal

with an unspoken “i will never see you again”

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he does not miss the hellish heat

he sees the d-backs from a distance

he dines on broiled embellished meat

new friends will have some fun his stunts

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it might be nice to be a buckeye

but this guy’s still a desert rat

and yes, it’s me and with some luck i

like ohio, trim my fat.