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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. Login to Reply 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. Login to Reply

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. Login to Reply 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.