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"Pioneer" by Cynthia Carle

11/22/2015

 
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"Pioneer"
Written by Cynthia Carle
It was Asia’s loss 
When they trudged across 
That land bridge ions ago
They were frozen stiff
But they knew that if 
They dropped they would stop in snow
So, on they went
Though nearly spent
Heading south for the warmth in the sun
Where a life of ease 
And coconut trees 
Awaited them, every one

Ten miles on
It began to dawn
They were one migrator shy
So back they trod
There he was, by God
With his wife and a gleam in his eye
“Let’s go!” they cried
“Hell no!” he replied
While his wife threw a righteous fit
You believe this clown?
He wants to go down 
As the father of the Inuit

Who was that man
Who saw the tundra and said, 
“This looks good, I’m stopping here”
“I’ll sleep on ice and eat this blubber”
Who was that man? 
A pioneer

A pioneer, a pioneer
Not afraid of a new frontier
He’ll boldly go where others fear 
To tread

The ancient Scots 
Were a quiet lot 
As they went about their labor
Up in the hills 
It was deftly still 
Except for the thump of the caber
Then one day 
In the month of May 
When the sheep were killed and cut up
One curious lad said, 
“What’s that dad?”
“It’s a sheep bladder, take it and shut up”

He sat right there 
And blew it full of air 
Which screamed as it was let out
And sweet was the sound 
As any he found 
For he didn’t very often get out
He played all day 
‘Til the neighbors ran away 
And the army said let’s commandeer it
For men will fly 
Into battle and die 
Like dogs so they don’t have to hear it

Who was that boy 
Who squeezed that bladder
And called it bagpipes 
And played for all to hear
Though some said, “Stop”
“Oh, god, please stop it”
He played right on 
He was a pioneer

A pioneer, a pioneer
Not afraid of a new frontier
He’ll boldly go where others fear 
To tread

There are strange things sold 
For American gold 
In the Indonesian isles
Cigarette boats 
And sex with goats 
And cheap ceramic tiles
But strangest of all 
Is the coffee they call 
The Kopi Luwak brand
Six hundred a pound 
And there’s not much around 
It’s a tale of supply and demand

The beans, you see
Have all been pre-
Consumed for your enjoyment
They’ve passed down through 
Small animals who 
Don’t know of this odd employment
Then before it’s packed 
And then fast tracked
To the crème of the human species
Each little bean 
Is carefully gleaned 
From steaming weasel feces

Oh brave are we 
In the land of the free
We run right out and buy it
But the real hero 
Is that java Joe 
Who first decided to try it

Who was that man
That visionary 
Who saw the bean 
And felt no fear
Where others saw 
A pile of weasel shit
One dared to see 
A new frontier

Who was that man?
For it was no woman
Who stepped in something 
And said, “Oh boy, look here!”
Was he out of his mind or out of coffee?
Either way, he was a pioneer

A pioneer, a pioneer
Not afraid of a new frontier
He’ll boldly go where others fear 
To tread
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