July 3, 2018, 6:49 p.m.

BOS - MAN - SPU

wonder systems

BOS

making it to the airport
early
after a day of dense
work and speculation
feels like cheating

MAN

but so much for luck.
making this transfer?
absolutely impossible;
I appreciate
british politeness
in signs and
officialdom, but last
year's shouting at
italians was a much 
less hostile
rebooking than this
selective hearing

SPU

but thankfully that lifts
(after a few more ads
for package vacations)
into a blue sky dusty
with olive trees
terracotta roofs
bus station ads
for supermarkets;
gorgeous roadside marble
so many kinds of stonework
scaffolding so much more
american than it is italian
(what is its history?)
sunny courtyards and
sour cheesy pastries

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