LONG DISTANCE CALLS

LAKE CITY, FLORIDA

where the streets are full of empty churches and thrift stores. a woman stiching curtains indicated the library, where i recieved the spotless sunless of several gummy smiles. a man with a wart on his nose said to me, "if you're here Saturday, i can bring you sandwich."

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
over the bayou, left along the railroad and down to hobo beach. as you come into pensacola from the east you pass through the flatulently self-aggrandizing "Niceville."

EASTPOINT, FLORIDA
i lost my compass here during a skillet of juicy shrimp on the seawall. we drove 50 miles to find it in the dark-- it doesn't do to lose a compass when you're travelling, i don't think.

OKEFENOKEE SWAMP, GEORGIA
scared stupid every time an old tire turned out to be an alligator, unwiding smoothly into the water. later along the back roads between georgia and florida an alligator turned out to be an old tire.

EULONIA, GEORGIA
another beautiful disaster.