Oh, Jacksonville—
a place of renewal:
then birth,
oh, Jacksonville:
where oceans meet lands
that are riddled with sand,
oh, Jacksonville has sand that dances;
and moves
with a band of crabs with shells and
grooves
But people,
with hotter tempers than
the temperature,
but people,
with dry takes
with a chilled demeanor,
but people,
that hate without seeing
their own mistake,
but people,
that are blind to
the binds
they put on the land,
burying their own heads in the sand.
Still Jacksonville,
still: Jacksonville remains
even, with the change
still,
Jacksonville, in some ways.