From 1356350f8d0b4b538fba5d77c4983a550b218713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DTB Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:50:49 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 2023-08-20 --- homepage/homepage | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) diff --git a/homepage/homepage b/homepage/homepage index 5f7fcf5..63da992 100755 --- a/homepage/homepage +++ b/homepage/homepage @@ -1928,6 +1928,44 @@ If I don't, escalate the issue to the host of this site (this can also be found +/blah/2023-08-20.html + +On a Greyhound... + +I'm in South Carolina, or maybe Georgia. A long way from Maine - don't remind +me. Or do. + +I have made it out of Lewiston. + +The most tearful goodbye was my sidekick with whom I have resolved to join in +four months. I'm considering returning to Lewiston because I am so worried +about her alone in the colloquial "dirty Lew". Atlanta is 130 miles away, so +this must not be Georgia. + +I wouldn't go to Hell if it was the only way I could see her. But if it was the +only remaining way to see my sidekick I would think about departing every hour. +Now the notion for myself is out of the question, completely, absolutely, not +even by accident. I'm more careful now. Fewer risks taken. Healthier choices. +Which isn't to say our separation would destroy us. We take measures to ensure +minimal if any codependency. But a wrongful separation, too soon or too early, +would. + +The skyline has McDonald's, Arby's, Exxon. It could be a Maine skyline if the +Makku didn't have neon on its fringe, if the gas station was by a different +name, if there wasn't also a Waffle House. I hadn't seen a BP gas station in +my life until Virginia or so when I first noticed a "green Irving". + +Anderson, South Carolina. I need to take my estrogen. Done. I am so thoroughly +farther from the place from which I was I can already scarcely remember the +sparse urbanoid environment. The forested ghetto. + +The local accent has in common with mine that Atlanta is "et LANna". I wonder +what the older, thicker Maine accent would say. + +Next stop: Gainsville, Georgia, if I spelled it right. I'd like to go to a +Waffle House. I wonder if they have vegan options. + + /blah/2023-08-14.html 2021-01-12