THE HIDDEN TRACK

The following passages are dedicated to Leopold, to the vernacular, to certain evil women (you know who you are), to certain wonderful people(they know who they are), to soft afternoons and quiet Sunday evenings, to Fall and seeing your breath for the first time since Spring, and to Isabelle Ya Feng ... a soul slipped by like two ships passing in the still, moonlit sea.
-- Abraham Ahmed, the Surfing Beatnik



Attempts at Revisiting the Places He's Going...

Where is the place that I remember as a kid; the place that I can recall vividly, though only in the last few seconds just before I fall asleep.

Where is the place where the airs are thick with the sweet smells of carmel apples and ignited fireworks?

Where is the place that you told me about, calling to me through the mist in the chilly July field of damp grass?

Where is the place where roads end and the last of all the cars stop and sit idle as their occupants step out and lean their elbows and forearms on warm hoods
to contemplate their next steps in discovery new places in times past and times ahead?

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