there is no escape from the white mountain
pen defeats paper
and food for thought empties the wallet
others walk past my small warm
campsite
each wincing and looking away
each rubbing a
hand cramp
on his own montblanc
writing
as soon as you exit the station
take a sharp right and another
right and walk around the side
of the building
you will see an overpass to your
left
walk towards it
but don't cross it
take the stairs to your
immediate right
down
to the highway
once at the road turn around
one hundred and eighty degrees
and walk down the road
until you see the convenience store
turn left and walk past
the grassy area which is in front
of a large body of water
the key
is in a yellow envelope in a
glass jar
inside the mailbox
enter six five nine to open
the travellers
forgetting their points of origin
axes and vectors
forgetting mental calculations
of store prices
(dividing by zero every time
anyway
leave splatters of golden paint
on the tiles in the station
they take the nonstop loop
across town
full of ants and beetles
they eat
nine dollar curry heavensent
reading russian menu items
searching for
cheap remedies
to the causes of
cold feet
campout on the montblanc meisterstück
July 18, 2006