Poetry of Eli Siegel
La Salle, As Having You in Mind
When La Salle went down the Mississippi
He might have thought of you, had he known you.
He had lots of time.
As you think of him going down the Mississippi, near Southern Illinois, about 1680,
You can think of him, Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle, as having you in mind.
From Hail, American Development (Definition Press)
© 1968 by Eli Siegel