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I Drew a Map

from The Rhizome by Bill White and Friends

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i was standing on a sheet of ice
i was standing on a sheet oif sand
i didnt know where i was
so i drew a map

i drew a map with everything on it
but despite the marks i made
that map remained empty
so i removed the lids from my eyes

could not look left could not look right
si i looked up into the vacant skies
patched my eyes and took a nap
then i drew a map

i drew borders and time lines
departure times for airlines
i drew billboards and mileage markers
maps for bikers and sad hitch hikers

i drew streets of movie theatres
and the strip malls in between
the freeways and the parking lots
and drive in movie screens

valleys and mountains and alleys
cities without limits or signs
in the end there was nothing
but sheets of sand and ice

i drew a map and there was nothing on it
empty spaces between exit ramps
meaningless lines connecting places
with pieces of glass from broken street lamps

i drew a map and threw everything on it
suitcases filled with tourists dreams
but the map was as empty as i had found it
in the blank paper trash of yesterday

i drew people and places and methods of travel
there was no place to go and no way to get there
my map was as empty as the things i drew on it
it amounted to nothing and i diidnt care

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from The Rhizome, released March 18, 2023
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