What to do about wanderlust? Should it be quelled? Desktop backgrounds are my only escape Maps with tacks and backpacks with knick-knacks It all seems so far away Cobblestone steps are wearing down By the feet of enlightened in wondrous towns While chairs are pushed in Or left out of place Thoughts are escaping to the vacuum of space This Earl Grey is mint tea in Tangiers' seats Or gold and black Yunnan at her highest peaks It's sifting through pans of Fynbos' red leaves What to do about wanderlust? Should it be quelled? I seem to dwell