The Carrier Tag

The Carrier Tag
Unpublished work (c) 1991, Lisa Page Weil
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The carrier bag with the carrier tag.
Then seven or eight more hours and the city;
Changing money where the
Local banks don't take it.
A day and a half with no sleep;
Then two days of sleep.
Train rides and bus rides and taxis.
Airplanes.  Boats.
Travel through a few states.
The green apple from the fruit stand.
The cups of coffee at the end of the row.
The plastic cups traveled well.
Catch up with the time change.
A percent of the little pins have city names on them.