Walking

Tonight I got an Uber to get something as Claire had lent the car out. I ran in and came back expecting him to take me home but he said he had to go to another job. I was seven miles from home with a chunk and a pipe. I rarely walk far these days. The route I know as a driver I now know in detail. Through the town the pissheads were saying goodbye or buying fast food. They were all friendly. I stopped under a railway bridge and had a pipe but knew that I had a long way to go and needed to be strong. I summoned up psychedelic mindset and for a while I was an old English king from over a thousand years ago. He filled my body and gave me strength. Then as the lanes became tighter I disturbed tawny owls. Their wings hit twigs and I felt the wind. Then bats began to check me out. In my early years I would have thought nothing of that but now it's harder. But I did it. I'm home at 1:15 and my body is starting to relax. My hands were swollen but they're settling down now.

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