40 in 40 - Day 38 / Dearest Orlando

Oh Orlando, 

you're the murky lakes and the clear springs, 
the humid air and the rumbly thunderstorms,
you're the I-4 traffic and the bumpy brick roads,

the alligators lurking and the sandhill cranes moving slow.

you once were Mystery Fun House,

and the Fashion Square Mall,
the Fanatic Store and O-Rena,

when E. Colonial had it all. 

Fern Creek, to Howard in the middle,

and Edgewater last,
Colonial Town to Downtown,

to College Park's cute ass.

remember when you weren't 

littered with apartments

or enormous crowds

or discontent

i'll love you forever

and you'll always be home

but my millennial nostalgia

is very well-known.