Days 112-113: Boston, Reykjavik, Frankfurt
Posted by Erik Frey Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:02:00 GMT
My web server recently suffered a flagrant system failure, extremely unhelpfully spitting out the journal entry that previously occupied this space.
I have chosen not to rewrite the entry: unlike beans, PURE GENIUS cannot be refried.
Instead I present:
BOSTON TO FRANKFURT
An Epic Haiku Series
by Erik Frey
Sign at Bahn Mi joint
Reads “CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS”
Forlorn and hungry.
Banh Mi joint address:
88 E Broadway Mall
Stall 108 [Ed: Five syllables if you read the 0 as “zero”]
Nubile stewardess. Metal cart inching closer. I’ll have the chicken.
Street signs in German
Rhyme with David Hasselhoff:
AUSGANG HAUPTBAHNHOF
Inept hostel clerk. Waiting, summer turns to fall. Sorry, we’re booked full!
Guy named Raphael. A writer from John Hopkins. Loses his cool there. [Ed: But I kept my cool.]
The writer and I. Lost in a sea of hotels. Find sleep. And pizza.
