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Nowhere and What Is Between

I once had a job where I worked away

So I had to commute travel from 
Johannesburg to Kimberly 

From Monday morning to till Friday
afternoon

Now Kimberly is approximately
400 plus kilometers from Johannesburg

And the only thing in between is 4 very
small 1 horse town's

Again all approximately 90 odd 
kilometers apart

With nothing in between but scrub
and barren bush as far as the eye
can see

But once when driving on my way
this I seen

A 1 single solitary man simply just
a out walking along the roadside 
seemingly without a care not 
actively or outwardly despondent

And all it left me journeying forth
upon my way with this though as
the next town even for me in my car
was a fare old way away

Was where on earth did he come from
and where on earth was he going on
this baking hot summer's day

Because on foot as he was it wasn't
so much a case of minutes but hours

He had yet still to journey forth in 
front of him never mind the hours
behind him that he had already taken
him

In order to get to the middle of
nowhere

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Date: 7/14/2022 8:51:00 AM
I like it Christopher. The themes of alienation, remoteness and the actions of someone who obviously has a back story. Nice to read you again. Cheers - Gary
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