homesick breakfast

the cereal misses the north dakota plains
it feels a restless longing in all of its grains
it misses the touch of the wind and the rain
and its simple happy life on the north dakota plains

the orange juice yearns for the florida groves
and the sparkling water of secluded coves
it's travelled far and wide but wherever it roves
it aches in its pulp for the florida groves

the coffee is pining for colombia's peaks
the homeland that gave it that heady mystique
though blended and brewed now, the coffee still seeks
its plantation home in colombia's peaks

the cereal misses the north dakota plains
it feels a restless longing in all of its grains
it misses the touch of the wind and the rain
and its simple happy life on the north dakota plains





Copyright 1995 Edward Gaillard. All rights reserved.
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