Goodbye Disney World by Mark Tulin- Topical Poetry

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Goodbye Disney World
by Mark Tulin

I won’t be visiting Florida soon,
not even taking my kids to Disney World
Too conservative for my tastes
A governor who breaks hospital records
for the most covid positivity rates

I’ll miss the beaches
The restaurants in Miami,
and the wild parties
But the politics are suffocating
my liberal sensibilities,
my sensitivity, my compassion
for the human race

I want to visit a place
where people are safe,
where they care if you live or die
and there’s plenty of hospital beds
for those who need them

I want to visit a state
where the politics are fair,
where science is appreciated,
anti-vaxxers are few and far between,
and I’m not the only one
to wear a mask.