travel bug

your neighbor
likes to tell you
where she's going.
and when she
gets back likes
to tell you where
she's been.
she puts stickers
on her
luggage.
st. Thomas,
st. Croix,
Bermuda,
California,
Italy.
she's always on
the move.
a taxi pulls up
every weekend
to take her to
the airport.
sometimes she'll
wave to you in your
backyard, as you
lie in the baby pool
you just filled
up, reading
the paper. I just
got back from
spain, she'll say.
how are you?
fine, you'll yell
back. just fine.