The Wanderer
︎︎︎ Nathaniel McGlue
︎ July 13, 2026
"I used to pace apartment floors
Up the hall then down the same
Til one day absentmindedly
I stepped aside and stepped outdoors
And paced on to Pacific shores.
My last step swallowed by the sea,
I headed back the way I came..."
Head down, hands close behind his back
What must he have had on his mind!
From door to dusk to carve a track,
Forgoing far all humankind—
Then wheeling on the left behind!
Up the hall then down the same
Til one day absentmindedly
I stepped aside and stepped outdoors
And paced on to Pacific shores.
My last step swallowed by the sea,
I headed back the way I came..."
Head down, hands close behind his back
What must he have had on his mind!
From door to dusk to carve a track,
Forgoing far all humankind—
Then wheeling on the left behind!
Nathaniel McGlue is an American writer.