and then you turn back to the road and you tell mr. holden that the navy recruiter looked like you were interrupting him but he gave you the practice exam and you aced it and then the recruiter dragged out the rating books and tried to talk you into going nuke and you said no way and no to subs and flight crew and flight deck too and then you signed up for a three-year hitch as a basic seaman and went off to boot and mr. holden says no kieffer , not how , why and you think for a second and then you tell him because i didnt want to die in the same shitty upstate new york town i grew up in without ever doing anything or going anywhere and he nods and says thats not bad .