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The Bindle Stiff

The Bindle Stiff Parks have beckoned me with aplomb A bench to sit and lay at night with limpid dreams I share with naught And realize that I’ve been taught To set my sails for wondrous seas To live a life with only me What prompts a man to live on scraps To brave the heat and cold as well A labeled bum who dwells in hell The day will come though it may hurt To change my choice and then convert Until that day I’ll travel on A vagabond for parts unknown To seek the mysteries of lore And beg a sandwich on my tour December 11, 2014

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Ralph Sergi

Date: 8/31/2017 2:35:00 PM

Hi Patricia: How kind of you to check out my oldies. the poem was inspiration from a song called "King of the road" by Roger Miller. a musician and song writer, if you want to look him up.

Patricia Cresswell
Date: 8/31/2017 11:15:00 PM

I like your work and remember the're all fresh out of the pen to me.

Patricia Cresswell
Date: 8/31/2017 11:14:00 PM

I know of him loved his work. I'm older than you think it seems.

Patricia Cresswell

Date: 8/31/2017 9:57:00 AM

Alone is the operative word for me. To see life through another eyes and share the road would only broaden the experience. But that is my need you are a solo traveller and that makes me curious, There is great value in both. A thought provoking poem well written.

Reason A. Poteet

Date: 5/11/2017 9:42:00 AM

I looked up your reference in the first two lines and found there is such an entity which visits national parks - Bindlestiff Tours. I presume you did not take their tour but benefited from perhaps conversation and "lunch" with some who did. I like the emphasis in the last stanza on choice, for that is what life is about. Thanks for sharing.

Ralph Sergi
Date: 5/13/2017 8:56:00 AM

Thank you , Reason. Please ignore the twinkies with God header. I did enter it but somehow it showed up on my bindle stiff poem. It is available if you want to read it.