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Joe Houck
Member

since 2001-04-23

Posts 324
california

0 posted 2010-07-16 05:40 PM

Soon I'll be on the road,
with my capsule sized
Kerouac adventure,
hitting cities and states
on the way to New Orleans,
grappling with the mad road,
its banana moon companion,
as Jack would say.

Through Los Angeles, where
the roads are paved with people,
to Phoenix and my childhood past,
where time has frozen,
for me, and no one else.
Sleeping over at my elementary
school best friend's house once again,
like old times, only now
he's a meth addict
that makes counterfeit
five dollar bills
out of his mom's house.

Refreezing Phoenix in the morning,
hoping next time I thaw my past
it will be back to my normal.

And on to New Mexico and the majestic
nothingness of Texas desert.
Nothing but the road and I,
where civility and barbarism mesh,
connect and sever.

I want to know all sides of the road.
I want to feel asphalt
heated by a lonely Texas sun,
the sweat of a sultry Louisiana overpass,
ride across rivers, through moths, through
hunger of every kind, through time,
I need to know time.

It is time.

Keep flying to the sun with these gargoyle wings.
Joe Houck

RC Langill
Member

since 2008-03-09

Posts 104

1 posted 2010-07-16 07:16 PM

I enjoyed the this.

It's about the taking the journey

quote:

Through Los Angeles, where
the roads are paved with people,

and about the difference between destination and where we want to be

quote:

to Phoenix and my childhood past,
where time has frozen,
for me, and no one else.

and how we motor on

quote:

Refreezing Phoenix in the morning,
hoping next time I thaw my past
it will be back to my normal.

Joe Houck
Member

since 2001-04-23

Posts 324
california

2 posted 2010-07-16 07:35 PM

RC: thank you very much for your close read.
I must motor on now...

Joe

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2010-07-16 07:37 PM

Nice...James

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

4 posted 2010-07-16 08:17 PM

Good luck on your trip~~

Sad about your old classmate, but life is sometimes warped by time.

M

Joe Houck
Member

since 2001-04-23

Posts 324
california

5 posted 2010-07-16 08:28 PM

James - thanks for reading.

M - I actually wrote this 8 months ago. just now decided to post it. I already made the long trip. it was a good trip. it is sad about my friend. life is warped by environment, too. Makes me wonder if I would went down the same "road" if i would have stayed there in, Phoenix. thanks for reading! =)

Joe

rosepetals36
Member

since 2010-07-09

Posts 137
Pa

6 posted 2010-07-16 11:16 PM

So many paths to learn from

<b>-- Used to be rosepetals25 before I tried to change my email lol</b>

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

7 posted 2010-07-16 11:43 PM

I enjoyed the description of your travels. It's so strange how time can warp from day to night.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

8 posted 2010-07-18 12:56 PM

I'm getting the travel bug myself...having only been to about 30 of the 50 states. Hubby has a driving partner but hopefully not for long!

I don't think there's any wrong roads in life though. Where we are is where we should be, for strange reasons maybe never known.

Eterne
Member

since 2010-07-21

Posts 75
Quebec, Canada

9 posted 2010-07-21 01:29 AM

Bon Voyage!

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