A World Not Traveled

I know I shall never visit Italy

Florence, Venice, Rome

These days, most of my traveling

Is done a few miles from home

I’d love to have seen London, England

With Big Ben and the royal palace grand

But I’ve settled for English muffins and

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band  

I won’t be going to mainland China

To walk along its long, Great Wall

You’re much more likely to find me

Walking in some air-conditioned mall