Purgatory

purgatory hanging at the airport reading 6 hours in a metal tube winging to Japan Narita fast trains snoozing in the sun on a bench polite people rice crackers soaked in soya sauce yum walking walking sobaya noodle soup walking chilly hanging at the airport reading 8 hours in a tube over the Pacific sleeping sleeping congee for breakfast yuck Vancouver 36 hours in transit and counting droopy eyelids fuzzy teeth longing for my own bed in need of a shower 10 hour layover punishment for being stupid broken suitcase chilly Vancouver people out and about hamburger and fries hanging at the airport reading trying to stay awake last leg in a tube polar bear documentary with no sound whiteness snow on the runway checked bags arrive taxi snowy roads home again bed flannel sheets heaven