John Bush had this to say about his poem: "I live in Georgia, teach English, and I have my wife and two year old daughter. I'm a pretty quiet person, don't like to get out much, and I don't enjoy crowds. I like to watch people and things. I like to fish from the shore, not from a boat, and I use live bait. I especially like to camp out with my daughter in our back yard and to read with her with a flashlight under the covers. I like to revise during the early mornings, and I write whenever I can. As for the poem, I just wanted to explore someone's personal mythology. Even though the beliefs may be common and transitory, they still should be respected but not necessarily grasped by others."