Globetrotting Couple

On the Penang Island, they collect divine charms that the locals see not. While canoeing in Zambia, they fathom the depth of harmony in the river where the elephants and the hippos drink. They find paradoxical truths on a pyramid, artificial permanence and natural transience. Even a tiny creature can create a great wonder, the Waitomo Glow-worm Cave shows them. “Liberty becomes a statue in several places.” He whispers in her ear in New York Harbor. Black paintings of Francisco de Goya remind them of some murky native nooks. Through the wrinkled disgust, they stare at the fried snakes on sticks in the Chinese street. His urge for gallivanting boils. She begins to knead flour of next safari. They earn for each journey, selling tea, coffee, banana fritter…They save only in experience. Nothing will remain for their children to inherit and to be lazy. Being on the move, this grizzled couple teaches us how to be in the heart of life. Now the Northern Lights light their passion up. Like the milkweed fluff, they fly in the air, carrying the philosophical seeds. First published in The Literary Hatchet