Wednesday, November 10, 2010

GotJunk?

I saw one of those big trucks today. They are blue and roar down the street. Professionals drive them. They pick up old broken televisions, sofas, tables and chairs, auto parts, old computers, printers and their wires. Anything you got, they haul away....as JUNK.
We were walking down the street, me and Scout. It is early morning. The sun is just up. It's chilly and most everybody else is sleepin' in their beds. I'm thinking about what needs to happen today, what I want to get done...........And then it hits me. LOVE.

At 1 pm I had lunch with M. in downtown Asheville. We talked about plans for the future and things that might have happened in the past. We ate noodles and cabbage. We laughed at the ineffable that we tried to speak. How ridiculously easy and passing time.

By 2:30 I had bought a curtain rod at K Mart. My kitchen window has been a movie screen for those walking by my house. I perform for them, opening cabinets, cutting vegetables, drinking water, washing dishes. Whatever I am doing, the outside world seemed to be participating. With my curtain rod and some curtains I made today, I have privacy at home. Wow, that's so much easier and grounding for me.

All I needed was seeing the 1800GotJunk? truck.