Ode To Tim And Libby!

A True Life Poem using every state in the U.S. as a pun!
well, it started in a party where
tim I'd-a-ho lot at lib and vice versa
and i thought it'd never-mon-tan'a thing
but one thing led to another
it isn't d.c. to explain
joshin' with his swig of brew
miss-i-ssip-pi did and spilled
on libby's brand new jersey
she was cross coz the stain won't go
even as she tried washing tons of times
nevadaless she giggled at all his apologizin'
and eyed hi'm inne-sota way that was electric


tim and i go back ways so i new hamp-shire
to ease up on love's gas pedal, not flor-id'a
and i new m-exico'lly well to avoid any tennessee
to let libby get his libido explodin'
but you can't always georg-ia book by its cover
well, he took her drivin' and left me out cold
to hitch a ride or ok'lahoma
i thought he'd nebr-ask-a out but i was wrong
their romance was wyoming up to steamy heights
consequently neither the dime nor th'da kota would do
coz he'd col-or-odomatically day and night
and life without lib was such missouri
what te'xas months of courtin' took 'em just days
either she had a screw louis-ian-a or e-gon crazy
but it wasn't a problem arkan-sas
so i figured i ken-tucky as long as his career
in healthcaro-lin' a feared didn't go r.i.
i said to tim...i don't know when-ew yor-kiddin' and when you ain't
so without puttin' virg-in-ia mouth
tell me, are u-tah serious? and he glowed like neon
knowing lib less, i thought al-ask-a the same but then
a girl from the south might f'ill-inois'd at an alien
askin' what's personal and mightn't think twice to
pull out a michi'gan and cal-i-forn'ia
every good romance kansas of candy hearts and valentines
the mailman couldn't delaware enough cards back and forth
between tim cooin': gal i think so-hi-o you, and lib echoin':

hawa-ii my maine man...i-ow-a lot to ya, etc. and all of this mania
of pen and pennsylvania went on for weeks which some of
wis-con-sincerely pooh pooh coz unlike some romances it
wasn't al-a-bama and they were to m'ari-zona or later
then it all happened...tim proposed and lib accepted!
how conn-ecticut or good manners come in the way
of a passionate kiss? so they indulged lipsmackin' rough in public
their folks met and concurred that it was democratic to let
the massa-chus-ett's own destiny and blessed their united states
and as they entered the mary-land of matrimony
i was tickled most coz it all worked out indiana

NOTE: It was fun to make use of pun in a Southern style of delivery.

A few poetic licenses taken: not florida (not floor it); new mexicolly (knew him as equally); oklahoma (walk home); lousiana oregon (lose in her or he gone); arkansa (I can solve); i kentucky (I can take it); r.i. for Rhode Island (awry); f'illinois'd (feel annoyed); michigan (machine gun); california (kill a foreigner); some of wisconsincerely (some of us can't sincerely); alabama (all a bummer); indiana (in the end).