thought about
North Carolina
that night
I took off
to the woods
and never came back

with a vengeance
several options
available
thought of
Fayettville
again

a girl I knew
the essence
of my roundabout
wayfaring
hard hearted
daydreams

I ended up
outside of
a bar in north Florida
the Seagull
sitting waiting
for

a sign a
paradigm
of a wanderer's way
a novel to
read again
like
I had never

felt the
road wanting
to just get on
to go
to NC
sat
turning
the pages