when she retires

she wants to buy a Winnebago
when she retires
and travel to akron
ohio to see the biggest
ball of yarn,
then to the grand canyon,
before setting off
to see the geysers
at Yellowstone.
down to mexico,
up to Canada, then to
new Orleans for gumbo.
she wants to criss
cross the country
taking the blue roads,
the roads less traveled.
eat greasy and spicy
all the way, washing
it down with tequila
or chardonnay.
she wants to put a pin
in the map
of all the places
she's ever been. revisit
all the men she's ever
slept with
and sleep with them again.
she wants to start over.
be a child, then grow up,
but never grow old again.