Getting There

by John Stevenson and Michael Dylan Welch

First published in Mariposa #36, Summer 2017, page 17. Originally written 13 October 2011 on the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island in Washington State, on our way to the Seabeck Haiku Getaway.

a crowded ferry

regular passengers

in their seats John

mopeds parked

at the aquarium Michael

our sleeper car

has a shower closet

and a line John

the off-duty bus

splashes us

as it passes Michael

the cab driver’s

third divorce John

heading home . . .

the wing de-iced

all over again Michael