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Celebrate - "A Kid From Kansas"



A KID FROM KANSAS by Jay Ailworth



I first went to sea as a boy of nineteen



Coast Guard boot camp made me military lean.



For 10 months I engaged in battles off some Southeast Asian land,



On my return I found I had become a man.



The kid from Kansas now had the sea in his veins,



There would be no going back to those Midwestern plains.



Now I go sailing whenever I am able,



Proud to carry the "Rag Bagger" label.



I have sailed the Caribbean before the mast carried on the wind on tall ships,



And have witnessed the transition to navigation by micro chips.



From San Francisco, to Bangkok, Tahiti and Hong Kong I have roamed the Pacific,



of Mexico to Canada too many places to be specific.



Now the time has come to explore the Atlantic side,



So many places to see, so little time, it is very difficult to decide.



A while ago I discovered I had some time to kill,



Hey! What about a voyage from Cape Town, South Africa to Salvador, Brazil?




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