A Vision

Out beyond the patio of my apartment, I’d say twenty

Or thirty yards or so, there is a grassy berm. It is a fine,

well-groomed and steep climb, probably forty or so feet

High, high enough to block my view of everything beyond,

Except for leafy tree tops and blue sky. Having previously

Established my location here in this place on Earth, I know,

Even though that berm hides the horizon from me, the

Direction I face happens to be West, the West were Kansas

Begins and continues on to the Rocky Mountains, and then

Eventually to the Pacific... and on and on till the West, circum-

Navigated, becomes the East. And should I turn around a com-

Plete 180 degrees, I would then for certain be facing the East

Where buildings and trees there interfere with my sight of that

Other horizon, where every day the sun arises several hours

Before in another time zone far away, where I’m sure it is now

Approaching nighttime in Mumbai. Imagine the Earth from

My apartment patio in Kansas City on a clear day, a vision all

The way to Mumbai which was previously known as Bombay.

And in either direction it's another day and half a world away.

Chris Hanch 5-8-17