An Ode to Minnesota

Oh Minnesota, how you humor us all,

Bringing on snow before the end of Fall.

How you must laugh as you watch us whimper

At the thought of another long cold Winter.

Your Summers are too short, & Winters too long

Causing us to get out the Christmas stuff & sing along

So by the time Christmas is actually here,

We are sick of all the Holiday cheer.

I wish that we could hibernate like bears

Cosily sleeping in warm beds or chairs.

Oh tricky Minnesota, how you play with our minds

Slicking the roads with perception of too many kinds.

I wonder if it hurts you, when we slip & fall

Once we get inside we yell, "Hot Cocoa for all!"

Can't you make Summer last in some way

Instead of making us shovel each & every day?

I cannot lie, sometimes I despise you

You're constantly grey skys make me so blue

But I do love snowball fights & making snow angels

Plus my favorite carol is Carol of the Bells

So I do love you as well, bringing joyful sounds

The wicked winters bring people to the fire warmed grounds

Oh Minnesota, you often fill us with glee

We wish to make you beautiful so everyone can see

No one can deny that your seasons are beautiful

That's why most will stay here because we are dutiful

You have a ton of wonderful lakes

Over 15,000 for goodness sakes!

Minnesota you plague us with the flu

Along with that here more disease grew.

Bi-Polar your weather, yet sweet are your Springs.

I wake & smile as a birdy sings.

You house illegal immigrants, the Canadian Geese

& in your schools we learn why the plural for moose is not meese.

All too often your wind gives us chills

Making every single one of us wish to run for the hills.

Pleasent are your people with their Minnesota nice

But just watch out if you forget to salt the ice

We Minnesotans are often called quaint

Simply because when we see snow we don't faint.

Honestly there are few as tough as we

We even give out advise absolutely free.

It takes guts to work in the cold

People here keep working even when they're old

SO I'll stay busy this crazy holiday season
& hope that it'll be full of joy beyond reason
I guess through my pride all I'm trying to say
Is ole Minnesota you're okay
Even when you turn our fingers to frost
Or in the woods where we often get lost
Never will we leave you, we won't even try to
Because oh Minnesota, we all adore you.