he started it

Christofo Colombo

Mysterious Biography

Christofo Colombo was a hungry man,
hunted himself halfway round the world;
he began poor, panhandled, ended in jail,
Christofo so hungry, Christofo so poor,
Christofo in the chilly, steel bracelets,
honorable, distinguished Christofo Colombo.


Carl Sandberg

[image from John Mitchell]