Snow in Orlando
Written by Wade R. DeYoung
After Sandra Simonds’ Orlando
If it could snow in Orlando.
Florida, America’s fruit basket,
main tourist attraction,
retirees’ and refugees’ refuge.
Florida, the Elephant Graveyard,
where old Republicans go
to die.
If it could snow in Orlando,
the cash cow might crash
like a comet.
Tourism might tumble
like a tumble-weed
or tank like a tanker.
The retirees might
retire to Rhode Island.
The orange orchards
would wither.
Farmers fearing the frost
would farm themselves
out to France.
If it could snow in Orlando.
Other Works by Wade R. DeYoung Published by
Diagonals Literary Festival
About the Author
Wade R. DeYoung was born and raised in Michigan. After 28 years, he retired from the U.S. Army as a captain and served as an aircraft armament mechanic, a recruiter, an environmental science officer, and an entomologist. He has a B.A. in English (creative writing track) from the University of Central Florida (2025), an M.S. in public health (medical zoology track) from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (2015), and a B.S. in zoology from Michigan State University (1991). He has written numerous poems, short stories, and one novel. His poems have been published in 100subtexts, Fae Corps Inc Newsletter, Bewildering Stories, Children, Churches and Daddies (Scars Publications), Diagonals Literary Festival, and Carmina.
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