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