I Know Why

I have bought books in City Lights in San Francisco, Foyle's in London, Moe's in Berkeley, Shakespeare and Company in Paris, and Strand in New York, but I cannot recall most of what I have read. I have seen art in the National in Beijing, Prado in Madrid, the Metropolitan in New York, the Louvre in Paris, and the Vatican in Rome, yet I remain so uneducated about art. I have heard jazz shows in A-Trane in Berlin, Bohemia in Granada, Jazzhus Montmarte in Copenhagen, Stampen in Stockholm, and Yoshi's in Oakland, but I cannot tell you who performed there. I have walked the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon, Cadillac Mountain Trail in Acadia, Highline Trail in Glacier, Mist Trail in Yosemite, Skyline Trail in Mount Rainier, and if you put me on one of these trails, I would not be able to distinguish it from the others. And you, I have met you in so many places over so many years and talked with you about so many things, and here I am unable to tell you where, when, and what. But I can tell you why. May I see you tomorrow?