Far and Away

I am not here.


Charlie and I have been walking our toes in the sand,

putting my Mom's sage stuffing in our bellies,

pretending to be locals in a beach town,

pushing a Trader Joe's shopping cart,

applying sunscreen,

munching fresh salsa and tortilla chips,

not sleeping in a tent,

and spending many glorious hours with my far-away family.


Photographic evidence shall forthwith come hither.

Perhaps by the weekend.

Once I get all the sand out of my Birkenstocks.