as i was walking
down the road this morning
(which is more dangerous than mosquitos or food poisoning in india)
a dirty brown van raced up beside me
with its sliding back door wide open
the driver leaned out the window
towards me
and yelled
“shut the door please!”
and i did
and the driver sped away
as i stood
on the side of the road
smiling
wondering what the hell just happened 
goa india
i am such a pussy…
came to goa
following my heart
image ing an idealic
paradise on the beach
in a cheap bungalo
for five dollars a day
and indeed
it can be done
if you dont mind living
like a college sophmore
with mosquitos, 85 degree nites, toilets that smell like the runs, no windows
and trendy euros partying
cuz thats all thay got to do
but me?
im an artist and i didnt come hear
to save money or party or none of that other stuff
so, i will be heading back up north soon enough
to places that require a bit more
and pay a bit more
cuz now
i can do what i wanna do
delhi
lots of smoke
chai for your thirst
wild dogs in the streets
cows wondering the alleys
curry for breakfast
rickshaws to take you where ever
they wish
cheap, real damn cheap
more smoke
crows outside my window
masses of things tangled up
no relief or rest for the weary
children begging for money
im very white
its confusing
this week
eye have spent quite a bit of time
at my familys home
walking in the woods
at nite
in some ways
its a perfect mirror
for my heart
when i sit down under a huge white oak tree
in the dark
a natural un easy ness takes over
that requires i listen very closely
and stay in the mystery
of the darkest spot in the forrest
this un loosening is good
as eye embark on this crossing to a place
that i had prepared for in a way
that looked like
i knew
what i was preparing for…..
but when i walked
out of the woods
each night
eye realized i had no idea
what i am preparring for
and the mystery becomes a bit more comfortable
for the fighting part of me
check back soon as my next post will be from india….
up to this point, i have surely spent more time on one topic than any other in prepping for india. and for good reason, malaria and mosquitos in particular are high on my list of things to think about. spending alot of time in northeast arkansas near cotton and rice fields i know a thing or two about mosquitoes and how dearly, dearly they love me. the key point here for india is to make sure thay dont love you to death.
malaria is a serious thing there and although alota folks dont take anything, my gut tales me to take the anti malarials (which are pretty damn problematic in themselves), wear a good set of clothes top to toe and smear myself with deet as well (u gotta wonder which is gonna get u first the cocktail of anti-malarials and deet or the little buzzers). i suppose the visual of that would be enough to keep tigers away but then thay rarely keep you awake at nite so im not nearly so agitated by them.
anyway, i leave on monday morning and arrive in delhi the next day around 9 pm at nite (18 hours flight) and we are arranged to stay there for a few days and then on to Varanasi. i have been told delhi has colder weather now and not so much a problem with mossies but Varanasi is on the ganges and further south. fellow travelors have told me there are mosquitos there that time of year and to be just be aware of it.
now that im officially on mosquito drugs though, im not nearly so freaked out about them but will surely replace that with something else very soon (uhhh…water?)
oh, one other interesting thing my doctor told me yesterday was that the brits made famous Gin & Tonic in india not so much for the Gin but the Tonic. it was anti malarials.
its about a week
before eye get on the big bird
and fly
over the pond
really
the reason eye am going
is pretty unclear at this point
but last nite
eye had a dream about dead people
as i was running across the top of a hill
on a moon lit blue nite
so is prolly safe to say
the place called india is already working
on my dream world
and god only knows
what is coming next
eye
will be leaving
for india
in about two weeks
but will be writing
on and off about the preparations
for this new adventure
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