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What Ails the Incurable Wanderer

 B singular-- (background music for poem: begin with Horse With No Name by America , the La La parts, then hit shuffle.) Glorious thrusters hiss through thin air as a red-faced tot behind, kicks a tizzy-fit on a maiden economy power trip. Shuttling at capacity, crawling and conducted, destinations controlled. It’s palpable one, or many, needs a shower trip. Even keeled, chugging towards the horizon, never acquired, bundled bald and blue-haired directed activities every hour, trip. Serving number thirty two, I’m one hundred and one in the que, a din like gregarious locusts, swarm-in-from-out-of-towners trip. Looking left, then right. Diana, que of one, in a mod tin Lizzy beast, chewing breezy byways, destination unknown horsepower trip . * Ghazal poetry defined.

June 2021–Virginia and West Virginia

 Virginia and West Virginia Driving through American farmlands you can still see these ghost images on the sides of barns. This one is in West Virginia. "Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco. Treat Yourself To The Best." Across 22 states, over 20,000 barns were painted as their advertising campaign in the 1890s. Barn owners would be paid to advertise and welcomed the life extending coat of paint. The campaign was so popular other brands followed in their footsteps. Barn ghost signs became protected landmarks in 1974. Purple Leaf LLC, 246 7th Ave, South Charleston, WV 25303 The Criel Mound , South Charleston, West Virginia Capitol Market , 800 Smith St. Charleston, WV Yes, it had a dial tone! 414 Capitol St, Charleston WV Chemours Belle Plant - Fayetteville Works plant, near the Cape Fear River, Belle, WV Deep Water Mountain Road, WV WV-61 Robson, West Virginia 8863 Deepwater Mountain Rd Kincaid, West Virginia Rest Stop, Camp Creek, Eads Mill, WV