Walking and Writing with Difficulty

I took the iPad instead of pen, paper notebook and digital camera. A mistake! The sun was glary, low in the sky not long before sunset. With my sunglasses on, I could barely see the screen. Even with them off, it was difficult. Taking photos consisted of point and hope. Only one worked.

Instead of trying for poems, I jotted down notes. Many typo corrections later, they read:

Large boat on nature strip

with canopy and truck.

(I remember thinking afterwards that 'large' gives the wrong idea; it was only large for a runabout.)

Clover in the grass

shaking, trembling in the breeze.

Nodding heads. Parkinson's ...

My boots hurt.

The sun is too bright.

The wind is cool.

I feel stupid

but also like a pioneer.

I like to walk here

breathing clean air, 

a little too fresh.

At the same time

I want to go home
and get into my slippers.