BILBO BAGGINS
Oh Gandalf you're a sly one,
with your talk of elves and dwarves and mountain passes.
Dragons and dangers and an unlikely return.
But don't I have adventure in my veins?!
So let's not get too comfortable here.
And who does he think he is
pushing me off the couch?
A version of this poem first appeared in River King, Vol. V No. 1 Spring 1999.
Oh Gandalf you're a sly one,
with your talk of elves and dwarves and mountain passes.
Dragons and dangers and an unlikely return.
But don't I have adventure in my veins?!
So let's not get too comfortable here.
And who does he think he is
pushing me off the couch?
A version of this poem first appeared in River King, Vol. V No. 1 Spring 1999.