Day Twelve Leafy Glen Columbus Day

October 12, 2010

Twelve 10/12/10

Later Colon was put on trial

for the excessive cost of the expedition.

Sailing west was all the while

Not like sailing into perdition.

Anyone could do it. He proposed

standing an egg alone on its end.

They wobbled after being so composed.

When he tapped in on its bottom

It stood there in solitude poised.

“Anyone could do that, possum est”

Colon retorted, “Easy if you know how.”

What a little egg is the west.