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the accent makes no haste

in voices spoken much too fast

deception is at best an uncommon waste

in the people this is a subtle contrast

at a glance one catches no skeptic's view

for their belief is simply I am me

just as you are you

labels seem to be unnecessary if not more

so unused

white boy!, brother!, dude!

I have yet to hear spoken aloud nor even

cued

Mister, Sir or Ma'am prevail

among blacks and whites alike

something I, even though often heard

never expected

chivalry untarnished still reigns

high here where as in other parts

its only been recently resurrected

if one speaks one is always spoken to

a rule that the majority down here

obviously seems to abide to

while, 'Just Where are you from?'

springs to a lot of lips

only pure feelings of polite neighborly

welcomeness do I sense

so I must only so gently be forced to

page these words and say

I am genuinely happy to be living here

in such an enlightening age and day

this over flowing jungle of southerness

that people around here aptly enough call

nOrth CarOlInA........................

(Dec. 13, 1994 pm)