My Buddy's Poem about Me

As part of the tour group experience, you get a buddy. Your buddy and you are responsible to make eye contact with each other everytime we meet back together as a group or get through a particularly crowded or hairy situation when we're together. This allows us to keep an eye out for everyone and not lose people along the way (or leave them as the case may be when the bus is ready to pull away). We did introductions one afternoon on the bus, and my buddy wrote a poem to introduce me. I thought it was charming enough to share.

Leslie Butler
The time has comethis travler said to speak of many things
Of Leslie Butler and her life
To David great joy she brings.

She's earning a PhD in seems in higher ed research.
Her dissertation yet to write,
This trip could leave her in the lurch.

She has twin girls of age sixteen, so clever and so sweet.
In just a year they'll graduate,
And that is quite a feat.

She hails from mighty Mississipp, from Texas just before
And Leslie loves to watch football
And cheer her team to score.

She quilts, she reads, cross stitches too.
Of that you can be sure.
She also weaves--makes scarves, no less, of yarn alpaca pure.

So smart she is, so clever, too,I'm sure you will agree.
And Leslie makes a great tour friend
And buddy mine, yippee!