A hiker waxed philosophical
with thoughts that turned to the skeptical:
“Is all that we see real?”
“Can we trust what we feel?”
Bears made these thoughts academical.


Fragments and Flashes from Along the Appalachian Trail
A hiker waxed philosophical
with thoughts that turned to the skeptical:
“Is all that we see real?”
“Can we trust what we feel?”
Bears made these thoughts academical.

There once was a woman named Mary
who thought camping at night was scary.
She cowered in her tent
and felt quite despondent
until she got ate by a beary.

There once was a young man from Pawling
who finished a walk with some crawling.
He had felt a vibration
at Appalachian Station
just before a train sent him sprawling.
