mobility

fueling speculation—4 (plus, Mood, recorded live 2016)

. . . continued from interval (fueling speculation—3) . . .

	Omnidirectional 8AMers spasm toward the city, rushing to complete stops.

I route away on southbound open lanes to worship music fading in from a fast-lane station wagon approaching with a small speaker bungeed to the roof rack, compressing the passing choir into a thin strain of angelic nose whistles, decaying as it praises ahead.

	Past the state line, there’s a thrift store that various airlines use as a resale hub for lost luggage after they’ve stolen it — also called fencing. I stopped there once years ago. 

Due to the circumstances of the stock, a daydreamer can easily concoct possible chains of events & imagined sagas with clear evidence of the wake — especially at groupings, like racks of wedding dresses or, as a victim myself, music gear displays. 

	I fill @ $2.75/gal outside of Huntsville & veer towards their Visitors Center. 

A welcomer manning a postcard tree opens a map & shows that the fence is in a small town an hour east, then asks if I want a pic with an astronaut. I’ve noticed a few of them positioned around the room along with small-scale rocket replicas. 

I’m in Rocket Town.

There’s also a large rubber duck in the middle of the room beside a space shuttle disaster timeline, but it’s not offered as a photo op.   

I don't ask & just buy a postcard. 

When I turn to leave, the duck is now stationed at the exit.

A stolen snap when the astro-duck turns its back.

	At sunset, a glam-jeep with pink lamps follows in a single-lane work zone. Occasionally, one of the headlights winks from the unfinished re-pave. When the work fines end, the flirt passes & takes an exit towards a stinging 2.69.

I salve the lost gamble with a Port City savor.

Mood, recited with liberty & recorded regionally @ Satori Coffee House for an IMC concert series October 28, 2016:

The original version of Mood is from the 2013 album Surrounded.

Keep riding along with switchback (fueling speculation—5) .