verbs and nouns

her bags are packed.
her passport is in hand.
lipstick on.
shoes, and skirt.
her travel guide and map.
she's arranged
for her plants to be watered,
her cat fed,
her mail
taken in, and her calls
forwarded
to her cell phone.
she's even made her bed.
she takes one last look
around then goes down
the elevator to get into
the cab who waits
with the trunk open.
soon she'll be in a plane
heading south.
to another land that speaks
another language,
another world.
teaching once more.
a gunslinger with a book
of verbs and nouns.