Country Directions

Lost in this unfamiliar town in New Mexico, a local gave us typical country directions, lacking street names, or route numbers just landmarks and long meandering descriptions of what we will see on the way. Despite the directions, or perhaps because of them, we are now quite late. The snow fall is becoming urgent. At the next light a pedestrian with long black hair, dark red skin and wearing a rainbow vest walks by. I roll down the window. A clump of fresh snow falls in from the roof and soaks into my pants. “Excuse us. How do we get back to the Interstate?”

She gives directions;
Where the church used to be
Make a left turn

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Stephen

(Published by Red Moon Press)