April 27, 1981 – NYC – Key West – NYC – Journal
Leave the Mudd Club
Almost 4
Bag in hand
A cab ride
To the Holland Tunnel
No traffic
Stick out my thumb
Cold
Skies threaten snow___
A warming from a Transit Cop
I ignore him
A ride into Jersey
To the Vince Lombardi rest stop on I-95
Another ride from a trucker
To another truck stop___
The promised snow___
A ride to a shitty exit.
A ride to a shittier exit
The snow turns to rain___
I shelter beneath an overpass
Almost Dawn
Cold and wet
Jets overhead
I am close to the Philly airport.
I hail a taxi
The driver takes me to the terminal
I
Cold and wet
Buy a one-way ticket
Air Florida
Plan on hitchhike back to New York___
A two-hour plane ride to Miami
Outside
Sunny
I still wet
Not cold___
A bus to the edge of Miami.
A bus to Florida City.
A ride to Key Largo
Another to Marathon
The last to Key West___
Not wet
Only a little damp
A walk to Hilton Haven road
Friends waiting
One week in Key West
Pina Coladas
Weed
Drinking on Duvall Street
Swimming in shallow water
Watching the sunsets
A subchaser descending from the sky
Warm so warm___
Seven days later
Hitchhike to Miami.
Catch a stand-by flight to JFK.
A limo bus to 59th and 3rd
A taxi to the Mudd Club.
A walk home
I crash into my bed
Drunk and tanned
Winter outside
Dreaming on Key West
I will always
Oh so warm___