Thursday, May 16, 2019

Show Me the Place, 46


“Show me the place.”
Duke Senior in As You Like It (2.1)

46: Southeastern Alaska; Summer, 1986; Summer, 1993

Two times I went to Skagway, where
I planned to do the trail
That figures in Jack London’s book*—
I hoped I would not fail.

The first time Steve (our only child)—
Was fourteen at the time—
Was with me for a scouting trip—
The weather was sublime.

Alone the next time, off I went—
The Chilkoot Trail—at last!
I did it all, though I’ll confess:
I didn’t move too fast.

I saw the places London knew—
The ones he wrote about.
And gained some views into his book
That I had been without.

*The Call of the Wild, 1903




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