rucksack warriors
Scent of pine trees and hot wind hitching sandy back roads to all the beaches of Maine deep summer heaat baking into us.
Once we stood in torrential rain under a bridge near Quebec City got a ride with some drunk Quebequois teenagers who let us crash in thier purple lighted cave of an apartment in Montreal.
We wandered six months, the road stretching before us like a consstant
mirage.
Now it takes us ten mnutes to struggle from house to car, me carrying walker and wheelchair for him – this is how the journey ends?
once he rode
into her life magician
on a green
antique motorcycle
wind rain cloud chaser
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The title lured me – the haibun wowed! Great details – very visual and heartfelt!
Thanks, Sylvia.
I just noticed the typos. Too early AM.
My goodness! I love the tale so much. Well done. More stories please..
gosh, your poem brings back memories of how blithely we used to travel
how cinematic the story is! Well done. and i love “magician/on a green/antique motorcycle”