Two thousand miles, six nights, five days.
I’ve done this many times, to multiple places
Solo driver, navigator, traveler through the Universe.
Glimpses…
maddening phone conversation with a robot after midnight
it can’t
understand I need a room NOW
and why would I need a real person?
large beautiful cake slices in vending machines
famous chef beckoning to me on video - who knew?
surprise on New Jersey Turnpike
meeting in person
my friend 6 years in Zoom artist group
Sitting across from me, for
real!
a night with family
questions about childhood I’ve wondered about
love’s delight in new stories I had not known to ask
one silent day of no phone calls, music, podcasts
only meditations on future dreams, clouds and beauty ahead
anticipation of who I will find chatting at hotel bar at dinner
rewarded by tales that were strange, made no sense
this man, I'm convinced, is a spy
(I love the random characters and conversations
each stop, town, and state like a foreign country
Like living in a book
of fairy tales)
