Typing Errors

the first time i typed up the poem about my cross-country tour
i wasn't really paying attention
i was in poetry mode
and everything was flowing from my soul
and my fingers weren't listening to my mind
and i put fifteen instead of fifty
and then i reread it, just to see what i'd written
and it came out as fifteen states
not fifty
so i had to edit it
but sometimes i think i should have left it at fifteen
it would have softened the blow
fifteen states would take less time
or at least i could spend more time at each one
fifty states in fifteen days isn't great
but fifteen states in fifteen days would be okay
and my father,
i don't think he's seen fifteen either
i think he counted off fourteen
so it would still be true.
last year i was fifteen
i think the number fifteen is a good number to be.