From Here We Go Sublime

Just arrived Dullles-Reykjavik-Paris, just arrived, 26-hour trip, no sleep. I see things. I see a grizzly looking Spaniard selling old railway lanterns at the flea market, I see muslim men playing basketball in skull caps, I see a Michael Faraday experiment with glowing orange bulbs and copper wires enclosed in glass that turns out to be just an elevator. I see a stout Frenchwoman closing the gates of Pere Lachaise, no more dead, we’ve had enough of you.

I see the cars on boulevard de Ménilmontant, I see the people at the cafes, from the cafes, have a seat, have a beer, have a moment to think, we could have this moment whenever we stop caring, giving a little bit less of shit about the abstract, a little bit more about the actual. Trade your paper tickets for food and know that you came out ahead, know that that the food is the point.

la tour eiffel, paris france

I smell fresh bread, the warm fecund of cheese, the acrid smell of cigarette smoke on the street. I hear the whine of mopeds, distinct and distant from the rushing wind of passing cars, or the roar of buses blasting by this park bench.

I feel the subway rumble the bench beneath me, I feel the tremble of the aircraft in pockets of turbulence, the tremor of the wing jolts you out of sleep. I feel the flutter of pigeon wings looking for a roost. I feel the present, I feel the past, I don’t feel the future. I feel better.

2 Comments

Ricardo-viajero February 23, 2018 at 4:28 p.m.

Muy buenas! me ha agradado esta nota, espero haber cogidobuena nota, me encanta Tailandia y espero volver proximamente me quedo chequeando alguna mas, me sumo a ver las actualizaciones, muchas gracias

viajero March 25, 2019 at 2:26 p.m.

Hola me ha agradado mucho esta publicación, espero haber cogidobuena anotacion, amo Tailandia y planeo ir en breve me quedo chequeando alguna mas, me sumo a ver las actualizaciones, muchas muchas gracias

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