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.