explorer

you have
very little lewis
and clark
blood in you.
no Columbus
or Magellan
either. you kind
of like to stay
put, or go
to places
already explored,
with hotels
and room service.
there is no desire
to climb
Mt. Everest,
or see what's happening
at the north pole.
you know what's
happening there.
nothing. and it's
cold.
you would not
have lasted long
crossing the prairies
in a wagon,
all dusty and dirty,
eating cold
beans out of a
can. and those
Indians, what's
with the flaming arrows,
all the yelling
and screaming.
just passing through
brother,
I don't want
your buffalo, or
your land,
or your women.
I just want to get
to san Francisco
and take a hot
bath.