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Taxi Home

the future as yesterday

The taxi home retraces the streets of my history. Routes vary, but destinations stubbornly remain the same until time, as a line, is an illusion and adventure lurks in the fog of unknowing.

I fly for a business that insists travel go west, only west, and so encircle the globe with waypoint escapades that feel like freedom, while riding into a horizon of hard destinations.

On arrival, I shout spoilers to myself over at departures. Here, I say, your day is new. Here, I recall it all. Then I hail a taxi and care less about your route, like all else both new and familiar.