VAN PACK

AN ODE: TO THOSE WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN VANS,

IN FAR AWAY LANDS,

WITH VAGUE TO LITTLE,

TO NO SUCH PLANS,

TO THOSE WHO LOOK UPON COUNTRYSIDES,

CITY LIGHTS,

ROAD SIGNS,

WILD LIFE WITH WINDOWED EYES,

TO THOSE WHO FIND THEMSELVES:

COUNTING HOURS,

SHARING LAUGHS,

MARKING MAPS,

NOT SURE WHERE THEY JUST WERE LAST,

TO THOSE WHO FIND THEMSELVES

AGAIN, RIGHT AROUND THE BEND,

WITH ONE MORE HOUR JUST AHEAD,

DREAMING OF A HOTEL BED,

TO THOSE WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN VANS,

BE IT NOW OR BE IT PAST,

BE IT SLOW OR BE IT FAST,

DO BE SURE TO LOCK THE DOOR,

AND ALWAYS LEAVE A TANK OF GAS.