Will someone please explain to me

Why people travel miles to see

Mountains and rivers (it's to laugh!).

Visible on a photograph,

Or trudge through picture galleries

Of abstract paintings, meant to please,

Or dull museums' arid tracts

To gape at ancient artifacts?

They could spend time -- it is no joke --

Exchanging thoughts with living folk,

But no; they'd rather stare and gawk

Than share ideas in vibrant talk.

Each day I understand it less,

But chac'un a son gout, I guess.