thirty-nine miles later

it's raining.

there's traffic.

there's

the slow crawl of impatient

drivers.

there's the wipers,

the fog,

the ac on,

the stop and go of it all.

the racket of horns.

i take route

seven from Leesburg,

twenty miles down to gallows,

then on to

236,

to prosperity,

a left on Olley lane,

to Braddock

to Rolling road

then left at last on to

old Keene mill.

only four more miles

to go.

three lights and a left

at Tiverton,

then a right at Orono.,

an open spot,

unbelievable,

home sweet home.