Got us twice
they did, took
apart the homestead
turned raw swampland
into tourist attraction.
Great Granny Hickox
kept the photos
they show the family films
at the visitor’s center
where we
sweep the yard for volunteer hours
wrap the house in foil when the fires come.
Relocated twice
trucks tremble the earth underfoot
gateway to history into drive through
every year a festival stop.
I can’t believe the photos
even show it. Chesser Island
a place to visit
my past as “living history”
a heritage of visitation slogans
and cheap plushie souvenirs of alligators.
Sometimes performance is all I’m allowed access to.
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