"A Tribute to Courage"

Driving to Houston from Dallas, TX,
you pass nothing.

For a really long time.

& then
from out of nowhere:
SAM HOUSTON!

10x larger than life & porcelain
complected--but only
for a minute, whizzing by
at 80mph.

You could stop and buy a postcard
at the visitor center, created
for his personage.

If you were as large
as Sam Houston the Statue,
you could get here faster:

hopscotching through clover intersections,
sprinting alongside stretches of highway,
pausing to tip your hat to Sam & company

who would probably enjoy the sight, stop
and snap pictures, yelling
"Hey there mister"
and "I'll be damned"

Possessing 10x your normal charm
you would tell a tall tale
with a punchline like thunder

head in the clouds
bighearted
feet like wrecking balls
to the miles of cratered land
behind you.