Particulars

So many more things to plan these days. Back then it was just me. Back then so many things did not occur to me. My father told me he could get anywhere in the world in 24 hours. Now I wonder what good 24 hours would have done. 

All the particulars

Of such a trip.

I did this

Much more easily

When I was 19,

Took the Orient Express

From Paris

To Athens,

By myself,

With a train compartment

Of Germans.

We spoke in sign language.

We pointed.

We shared water

And oranges.

Oh I did this

Much more easily

Then.

I did not know

To panic

When my passport

Was confiscated

As we entered

Yugoslavia.

I did not know to breathe

A sigh of relief

When the passport

Was returned.

I know

So much more

Now.

I know

So much less

Now.