i want to go where folks appreciate the sun's rays and the ocean's waves; where they can't imagine living as 'flatlanders.'  i want to go where even the poor smile as they sit on top of sizzling sand, burying their feet to find a chill.  i want to swallow too much ocean water, and then vomit, and then laugh, as my out-of-townness surely shows.  i want to be reborn where people scoff at snow and coats, where they question anyone's existence in a land that resembles antarctica.

and i don't want to be here.

isn't.there.anybody.out.there.who.feels.this.way?