bridge birdmad can't get there from here 010204 ... soia must be something in the atmosphere 010205 ... *spoons* an old lady game 010224 ... Lime Rider view over the world. beauty at night. moon rising and i can't seem to reach you now 021224 ... rdm this distance, i keep trying, i keep hoping 021225 ... Fido Careful - tread lightly - Here a breeze is hurricane; The table quakes like earth. You never can trust a balsa bridge. 030402 ... tender_square little river is gone. when i look toward the horizon with him it’s a line of fresh, lush sod. and i wonder how it’s possible to be away long enough from home for water to cease flowing. the pedestrian bridge has yet to be replaced, the one i used to rollerblade over, my wheels making a thuk thuk thuk as i glided across the wooden boards. i walk toward where the bridge once was, stand out over the ledge of what water is left, to survey and slip. falling. falling into what remains, the mud and muck catching me. he throws me a disapproving stare instead of his hand, as though he somehow knew somewhere within that this was bound to happen. 211116 ... tender_square i didn’t want to drive back. what was waiting for me, another weekend of misunderstandings and biting my tongue? there was the realization that i could continue on past the intended exit, push east on the highway, and cross the border. i had my enhanced license. i had the key to get inside the house. i could start over and home. i could be there in forty-five minutes and deal with the fallout after i crossed that bridge. 220618 what's it to you? who go blather from