We have many friends
Who like rats on a sinking ship
Have abandoned California
Truly makes me want to flip
The next time I want to travel
To see this nation wide
I’ll have friends in every state
Across the countryside.
Idaho, Texas, and Tennessee
Have welcomed these new guests
It won’t be long before locals shout
“Who are these California pests?”
North Carolina and Utah too
They’ll seek out places to land
What looked so lovely in springtime
In winter ain’t so grand.
Snow, hurricanes and bugs
I wouldn’t know how to behave
Humidity, alligators, and floods
Would put me in my grave.
I’ll take my earthquakes and heat
I’m a California girl
The thought of ever leaving her
Makes me want to hurl.
I could never leave behind
The sun, the surf, the breeze
Sure, I could ditch the taxes
And those who live for free.
I love you California
80 years you’ve been my home
I will never leave you
For another state to roam
When they put me under
In the California ground
My soul will be in heaven
No more my poems will sound.
Inside the pearly gates
I’ll stand before the Savior
He’ll check out all I’ve done
Giving crowns for good behavior.
It won’t be California
But when it’s time to go
I’ll say my goodbyes with Joy
It’s the end of the Karen Show
DVWG Poet Karen Robertson