"Dragging your load behind you,
     Feeling like you're pulling a parachute,
     Like you're looking like a fool,
     Wish it was nighttime,
You know the feeling."
"Surely not all hikers look like hikers,
     Backpack,
     Down bag,
     Vibram cleated feet in
     Professional hiking shoes,
     Down vest,
          Staff at their sides?
"The slip-shod feet of human exuberance
     Must bound
     Somewhere in these woods?"
Keeping the pace,
     In spite of red fungi
                 purple flowers,
                 ferns, flies, or
                 Hobgoblins;
Dedication leads.
 

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