I found this poem very humorous, right from the beginning. The line, I'd been putting beaches in North Dakota for two months, really caught my attention and also made me think how ridiculous it would be to see a globe with beaches in North Dakota. It is just such a strange and hilarious image. I assume that is what the author was going for. I especially loved the line, I put a fairground next to our neighborhood. I thought it would help. Mainly because of how crazy it sounds. He is talking as if by putting it on the map it made his neighborhood better. It also made me think that he was implying that if he were to put a fairground next to his neighborhood on the map that some how it would appear in real life. I also really enjoyed the line, Remember when I took you to see Kansas City? That was Omaha. It added a lot to the story and showed how much the narrator cares about geography. I think it only adds to the ridiculousness by him apologizing for the mistake. The last stanza definitely had some great language but I did not completely get the meaning of it, which is fine with me because it in no way detracted from the poem.
Robert C. Carothers III
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