There was a rumpus <br />When Christopher Columbus <br />Looked at the compass <br />And guessed it would be best <br />If he headed westward. <br />He’d in mind a finer line to China <br />He’d not pass go, where Vasco <br />Da Gama had his drama <br />Rounding Cape Horn in a storm <br />On his short-cut to Calicut. <br />Chris had an aversion <br />To directions Persian <br />So he made a diversion <br />On a different version <br />Of getting to the East, at least, <br />The thought, of a short sort of jaunt <br />To Japan, (or Cipangu <br />The name which that man knew) <br />He went for the long route <br />Which they said was the wrong route <br />But he kept on, like a terrier <br />Till he landed in America.<br /><br />C Richard Miles<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/voyage-of-columbus/
