Remember that weekend in Providence when we brought enough clothes for a family of four? We couldn’t even carry it on the bus.
Remember that summer in Flagstaff when all we had was a pair of shorts and a t-shirt?
Everything worked out fine
Would you like to get away and get some rest?
Or do you just want to get away from here because you’re restless?
What are you looking for? Where do you think you’ll find it? Coeur d’ Alene? Cedar Rapids? Copenhagen? Cape Town? Or in that coffee shop on the corner?
Are you traveling in search of something or are you traveling to get away from something?
hide & seek
seeking or hiding
Finding inspiration or reading an instruction manual
A loose suggestion or a rigid recipe
I’ll take a pinch, a dash, a sprinkle, a dollop
You’ll measure out 1¼ teaspoon and a level ¾ cup
You’re the left hand playing a constant predictable base line
I’m the right hand going Thelonious all over the board
I had one small pack traveling light over seas
You had two checked bags envisioning contingencies
It’s amazing what people can accomplish when they don’t have a choice, acting out of necessity, emergency, catastrophe
It’s amazing how people freeze when they’re given choices, weighed down by quantities, accessories, luxuries
I mention passing through casually
You’re carefully retyping the itinerary
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Throwback Thursday plus or minus 17 years. I wrote that 2007ish, me which means we. Me talking to my other self. As you know there is no "I" in team just as there is no "I" in go fuck yourself. Two sides of the same coin. Two hands on the same keyboard. Bilateral symmetry. In 2007 I did not know I would become a family of four. I did not know alot of things. I did envision a few contingencies but it's been 40+ years since I've worn white shoes before & after Labor Day.
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