#268 columbus

louis armstrong on the radio as i waited for you wishing it was us watching ohio shoot by out the windows sad columbus and three hours of nothing in between except lost time and a fading sense of reality a slingshot into oblivion and you’re gone is one touch too much to ask stardust on a weary 78 young sachmo the growl already haloed in bell brass and moonlight i’ve almost forgotten a slingshot into oblivion and you’re gone is one touch too much to ask epw 1.13.07 perrysburg, oh