like moving to Los Angeles from Memphis to
discover country music
is the discovery I found
when i packed my duffel bag set off
for college after five years in the Air Force
grew my hair long again
joined Phi beta kappa
crept through the library
looking for lasses
in the romantics aisle
studied beer had no other homework
slept between classes on the lawn
in front of the Science hall
awake I watched the
door of the Arts Department
for Mona Lisa
and her smile
caught it once briefly
after Humanities 102