“Kentucky, I Love You” by Whitney Collins

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Her Limestone BonesKentucky isn’t really in
The Southeast
Or Deep South
Or Midwest
Or Northeast
Or Mid-Atlantic
Or Plains States
Or High Plains

It’s just there

In the middle
Like Jan Brady

Like Jan Brady
Drinking good bourbon
Straight from the bottle

And giving everyone the finger

In a nice, friendly sort of way

–Whitney Collins,
Her Limestone Bones:
Selections from Lexington Poetry Month 2013
(Accents Publishing)

Whitney Collins is the author of The Hamster Won’t Die and Hank Is Dead. She created the humor websites Errant Parent and The Yellow Ham. Her humor appears on Salon, The Weeklings, The Huffington Post, Glamour, McSweeney’s, Loop, and The Big Jewel.

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