Al Que Quiere!/Hero

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HERO

Fool,
put your adventures
into those things
which break ships—
not female flesh.

Let there pass
over the mind
the waters of

four oceans, the airs
of four skies!

Return hollow-bellied,
keen-eyed, hard!
A simple scar or two.

Little girls will come
bringing you
roses for your button-hole.