Boys are supposed to be drawn to adventure
Crashing about, bursting through adult constraints
Others settle for a watching brief: Tarzan on TV
or vine-swinging Bomba the Jungle Boy
Superman bores through the skies boringly
Clark Kent the reporter in the big suit,
hero in hiding, Lois Lane charmer,
snappy copy editor, more the adventurer
See, it's assumed adventures take place outside
But rollick with Jack Schaeffer on the open range,
get down where the iguanas play with Cormac
You'll get more than your fill of adventura,
the original Latin root, meaning 'to arrive'.
Open that page: read, write, you're there!
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