The forty years of wandering is usually blamed
on the faithlessness of the Israelites,
setting aside the knowledge
that Moses was already 80 when
the great journey began.
Though the tribe was young, and raring
to make the mad dash to Canaan,
the caravan had to stop every half hour or so
and encamp while Moses coaxed pee from his bladder.
How could they locate the land of milk and honey
when the leader's prostate was big as a plum,
and metastasized throughout his bones.