that’s why roads lead out of town
I shaved my face and cut bangs in my hair. I think I’m bored. I wanna leave town, put some miles behind me, shake off this city living. Ask someone to water my plants and ask someone else to write my name in sand down at the beach – I’m gonna wash myself clean of San Francisco, head south and meet summer on its trip north, meet it halfway, say Big Sur maybe, depends how fast I go and I’m not rushing I’m just trying to stop circling from work to the bar. I wanna straighten out and wear down my heel on some fresh highway. I’m leaving my old truck behind she is like a horse – wanting to get to the barn before nightfall – and that’s the problem isnt it? Waking up in the same bed every morning with the bridge out the window and the bees below…a fog horn, street sweepers, the hum of the gas line at the meter, the neighbor shutting his garage door…I want some strange bird…in a tree I’ve never seen…calling out to the one it loves…and I want to taste something from soil I’ve finally stood on for the first time and I want all that stuff that is strangling me back in the city to start looking good again. That’s why roads lead out of town. I didn’t forget.
i got a tax return and no (real) job.
let’s talk.
i’m ready to live again.
Comment by mimsylou — April 21, 2008 @ 11:20 am
That’s not very far to go. Are you sure you’ll be far enough away to really cleanse? Maybe you need to get a fresh taste of the Midwest…
Comment by Lyle_s — April 21, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
yeah, that hair will blend right in.
Comment by donny laundry — April 21, 2008 @ 10:07 pm
I’ll be in Big Sur August 25-27 if you can wait that long. Last time I was there, my brothers and I stumbled on a bar shadowed by redwoods, devoted to Iron Maden and strong Belgian beer.
Comment by millar — April 22, 2008 @ 4:08 am
everybody wants some.
Comment by mimsylou — April 22, 2008 @ 8:52 am
things are really getting bad for me. I drank a bottle of wine last night and sang hank williams songs for hours.
Comment by Rolston — April 22, 2008 @ 9:36 am
i wonder if i could set up an internet cafe tour. go from city to city across the country blogging live in select coffee shops. I’ll have to buy a laptop. and paint it red. put some stickers on it.
does that sound dumb enough? i need to do something really dumb fast or i’ll explode.
Comment by Rolston — April 22, 2008 @ 9:40 am
You guys have Internet cafes out there? We don’t have any of those, unless you count Starbucks and McDonald’s.
It sounds like maybe the idea is right in front of you. You could tour the country, drinking wine and singing old school country tunes in karaoke bars.
You could also take that old truck of yours, poke a small hole in the oil pan and just drive away until the engine seizes. After that, just play it by ear.
Comment by Lyle_s — April 22, 2008 @ 6:40 pm
hmmm…i hadn’t pictured myself bloggiin live for an audience at mcDonalds. but if that’s how it is in the world, that’s what i’ll do. i guess i could do two tours at once: daytime blogging , nighttime karaoke bars.
the flagpoles are talking about doing a west coast tour, literally. buying a boat and playing marina bars from seattle to mexico. any thoughts Al? Al?
Comment by Rolston — April 24, 2008 @ 10:12 am
come to Perth, we have bees, boodies, and 3 roads to choose from, north, south, or east. i’ll take you whichever way you need
Comment by Raf — May 5, 2008 @ 3:51 am
Boodies? please explain…
Comment by Rolston — May 6, 2008 @ 9:19 pm