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Nebraska

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Sign off highway “Do not pick up hitchhikers” I was asked if I knew what that meant. To me it was obvious just don’t pick up hitchhikers.  “Nope it means there is a prison near by”. I also learned there are two seasons winter and construction. The candy colored cones everywhere.  The combines rolling across the fields late at night with lights giving the only indication they are out there. I took so much for granted as I  sit in a cantina with chips and salsa in front of me it dawns on me how much the work of others goes into my enjoyment. Being out here is humbling. Shalom

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Time Warp

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I asked “are we on east coast central or pacific time?” It’s obvious based on location but circadian rhythm is what I’m talking about.  Out here days and times are thrown off schedule.  I pass through 3 states in one day and two time zones later I’ll ask “Where are we?”. I’m not a driver yet so as I look outside to the rows of houses, trailers and Doughboy pools I tend to focus  on the people who dwell there. I make up a stories, little cute ones about who comes over to swim and when is so and so going fishing with Uncle Mel. They are wholesome good stories which speaks to my internal dialog. Racing towards and away from the sun, chasing the clock and losing track of days is peculiar event I’ve come to accept.

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The Sting

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Imagine Wendy O Williams from plasmatics (early 80’s punk My Mtv). I was doing truck stop laundry and there’s a gal with multi muted colored spiky hair, tartan skirt, black boots and yea she was a trucker “F**k this F**k that”. Good figure and a pretty face that had seen a lot. She shares a tale of woe “ya I used to be a stripper down in Florida” she also left out a lot. She was pissed because her man cheated and ended up marrying the transition chick. That let into a diatribe about men.  I’m thinking shit I got stuck with this crazy gal who’s gonna go on and on. Then I asked her. “Have you ever been in love?” She said “Yes 14 years ago I had the love of my life” I said “Good, some people go an entire life without.” She agreed and went back to folding her thong panties.

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Chicago Proper.

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Downtown. Where Lake Michigan is disguised as an Ocean. I’ve been here a few times and they call it the cold windy city. Could it be that a  few people  made eye contact. Is it possible they channel their warmth through their love  of pets. Pet guardians maybe that’s where their energy goes towards. I smiled often and the smile wasn’t reciprocated  Too bad I really dig it here.

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Kansas

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Warm wind with ground cover grass moving its lavender tinged tips. Predatory birds use cylindrical air currents to stay put and use their wings sparingly. Pratt is flat the lanes are lean. “Kern” and oat fields hog the landscape and  it’s so peaceful. Cows’ heads bowed in same direction.  Rivers are more like streams.  From the highway  we see two horseback ranchers  crossing the water to retrieve a wayward calf winding the rope above their heads just like in  movies. This is Pratt “it’s so flat” Kansas.

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Pho get it

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1411856417640The swap meet I go to is packed. Packed with people packed with junk. While waiting to have a watch battery replaced I’ll look among the aisles I’ll find eviction notices (sad) or papers from court and I know this came from storage they defaulted on but the weather is often  sunny and I’m just glad to be outside amongst people, to see the vendors I come to haggle with. “Let me have it for forty and I’ll take it”. I would go almost every weekend for last 2 years and to eat Pho which led to a friendship with Danny  and his family.  He gives me his gaming tips I’ve yet to try.  I think his wife looks like a Vietnamese movie star she has high cheekbones, an aquiline nose, flawless skin and she’s skinny. I never really spoken with her because she is always busy cooking but we smile and acknowledge each other even his kids have stayed at my condo. I don’t know his last name Tran or Nguyen doesn’t matter I miss the swap meet but especially my pho family.

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House phone and The Ice Bucket

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I like using the house phone in hotels makes me feel like a grown up. I’ve yet to see a kid answering an overhead page they would rather stay lost. Even now some hotels make an announcement throughout the whole casino. I’m tempted to use it, to call myself “Ms. Adrianna Please go to the nearest house phone”. Then there’s the ice bucket one must walk down this long hallway like in the movie Poltergeist and as I walk I remember how often the folks send the kids to “go get some ice” and what a thrill, that short brief period where you are on your own. You run so fast then catch yourself, you’ll lose your freedom if caught. You reach the giant ice making machine with sounds of ice shifting and buzzing, you either push a button or pull a lever all by yourself. Like magic ice keeps coming and coming never mind the strays that hit your feet. Then it dawns on me, it’s just like a slot machine for kids.

Lil Ms. Marilynn

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While waiting in between my next road trip I stay with this gal. Her: oh ya so and so has sleep apathy. I know what she means but I want to be amused and laugh so I continue looking at her. She says “sleep apineah ?” Even Apple Ipad corrects this as I write. ” you’re close. ” sleep apnea. This is the same gal that told me “Did you know so and so is a tea bagger?” I said “What!,” “Yes she is some kind of Republican” I tell her that so and so is probably part of the tea party movement and she nods her head. “Mom do you know what tea bagger is?” She clearly doesn’t know and this prude of a daughter tells her what it is with advise that she share the PC version. This is a gal, while growing up said Little Perry in the house (Little House On The Prairie) gazette means cassette. I understand her well and I think she puts a wonderful spin on the English language so what if she is the D-word dyslexic. I love you mom you make me laugh and you are such a good sport. Zia Jian and Shalom