I recently took an Internet Trip to Save Gas

I recently took a trip on the Internet to save gas. If you have ESL, it’s also the smoothest way to travel. In 45 seconds, I went from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Monticello, Virginia. At Monticello, I booked a multimedia tour of President Thomas Jefferson’s grand home, admired his art and natural history collections, and had a splendid cup of Simply Smooth coffee on the Southwest, or Garden, Portico. What a great vista! And just the right amount of cream and sugar in the coffee.

I sat in his tea room too, with its fine view, though it was a little chilly. Still, a blanket over your legs and I imagine breakfast would be great here, maybe listen to a little news on the radio (local, not pseudo-intellectual ), drink hot green tea, eat something from the garden, maybe read a poem by Walt Whitman or Emily Dickinson. The tour lasted almost forty minutes. It would have lasted longer, but I’m a fast reader.

I love these short day trips. I learned a lot, spent almost nothing (one cheap souvenir), didn’t get sunburned or winded, sand in my shoes, lost, there were no long waits at the airport, no suitcase to pack, my clothes didn’t get wrinkled, I wasn’t pick-pocketed, and my feet aren’t tired. Plus, I didn’t meet a single person I didn’t like. Heck, I’m so rested, I could go again tomorrow, spend some time in the Dome Room.

Explanation for this Blog series

The middle section of my book, SUGAR TRAIL, features a series of prose poems. This blog will follow-up on that book with new prose poems. My prose pieces draw from every day experiences to which imagination is added, and I work them to contain one location, one event, one point of view, and a little humor. With few exceptions, a poem will run no more than the equivalent of one page. Shorter is sweeter. This said, I invite you to read my blogs.

P.S. The Burning Man is the Title of this blog, but the name was already taken as an internet address. I have a poem called "The Burning Man" and may use it as the title of a future book or CD. My address is Dancing Skin because that's also an upcoming title, and it was available.