Vive la Nouvelle Orléans!

[angelprojekt]

Here's to the city who ruled the regal South,
Who took the clean in with the filth,
The injured and the ugly,
Who balanced charity with acceptance
And mercy with a passionate freedom.
Here's to the Lady of the Coast,
Who bathed herself in gold and dust,
Who tucked flasks of wine into her heavy folds.

Here's to the city who drowned with a million gasps,
Ol' New Orleans.