Overheard yesterday on the street:"I'm from Masachusetts. Trust me. I know how shitty it is."
I just want to set the record straight, guy in suit, sneakers and sunglasses at 7pm. YOU, sir, are the shitty one. The great state of Massachusetts may be missing a few things (White Castle, diversity), and may have some embarassing legacies (Catholics, Mitt Romney) but I believe it to be one of the finest states in the Union. If not the finest.
You needn't shun your home state just because you now live in the Big Apple. It's not like New York is perfect. It has guys like you. Guys who go around loudly proclaimly how feces-filled the home of Sam Adams, e. e. cummings, Dr. Suess and Ben Affleck is. Guys who talk too loud in public. Guys who wear suits.
OK, the Bay State has guys in suits too. Lots of them. Probly lots of loud talkers too. And guys who wear sunglasses at twilight. But I gotta ask....can New York claim to be home to any poets whose names can't be capitalized? BOOM.
