Packing Tales

I zip open an empty, foreign land

and begin to fill it

with a brimmed hat, I pack

all the sunny days at Amalfi

with books, I pack

long lonely hours on Eurostar trains

with a watch, I pack

the tardy sunrise at Hawaii

with boots, I pack

the fresh smell of Appalachian dirt

with maps, I pack

all the roads I haven't walked

and with a camera,

a palette of people in between.

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