All that has been painted over

NAGGING QUESTIONS

       for J. H.

How did you get here? the writer
asks the interviewer. They're talking
about aps. Siri. Navigators.
Camped outside of a theatre town
in Oregon, my wife gives me direction,
but even she's plugged in, relaying
information about the locals.
We're camped off Indian Road
following the green sign,
but Google's voice photographs
an earlier planet, advising a left
off Dead Indian Road.
Looking closer at the green sign,
come closer to local history
by noting what's been painted
over in off-color green.
How did you get here?

Jim Bodeen
28 September 2017

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