Key West By Sanjana Mahesh

Key West
By Sanjana Mahesh

Driving on down the overseas highway

we glide on the teal water unsubmerged

making the voyage east to the decadent keys

of Florida rather well known as Key West.

too young with no phone for fun I slept most

Once there in a town of unknown I found

key lime pie, too tangy and citrusy

whipped cream couldn't stopper the flavored blast.

Cookies baked and caked with coconut flakes

Pastries too, sprinkled and dressed up for me

one bite was enough for a tummy ache

too much would be throw up, I hated this.

all the treats frosted all with no substance

too easy to mistake a cake for a

poop pile of frosting, all just sugar heaps

queasy and nauseous, the food repelled me

overpowering, updone, head to heel

this city was sensory overload

being a twelve year old, this crazy land

felt like this was just glitter gone so wrong

the city was so ostentatious

all glitzy, fabulous, sparkled fierce trash

Half Girl, Half Boy so plastic so pretty

I pointed, yuck their faces abnormal,

biting back a scream I couldn't take this

city. the whole town was too weird and new

were they all real people or a nightmare

but why were their dresses so near perfect

they giggled so high and lured you in with

the bleached grin, lined luscious lips, stilletos,

key west, this town scared the life out of me.

nineteen now, full of life, I’ll visit soon