… and I don’t know what they told you

about my Captain, but in his life

he opened my eyes for me,

I suspect he did the same for you,

or at least tried before you clammed them shut

and shook your head from side to side

like a mad man,

like the unfeeling

and wretched,

for in your pursuit of happiness

there was one thing you forgot to learn

that a hundred pounds stolen and squandered

is nothing compared

to five minutes alone

in the woods and listening