Shower

I am on the road in
Texas checking out
Proposed highway
Projects working for
TXDOT while teaching
College classes at night
On Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday at ACC.
I have Wednesday and
Thursday to do my travel.
That night as I stand in the
Motel shower watching the
Water bead and run down
The shower walls I cannot
Remember what or where
Is on the other side of the
Shower curtain nor can I
Remember if this is a motel
Shower or someone’s guest
Bathroom and for a moment
I feel it strange to be lost
In a strange shower.
Then I remember where I am
And what meetings I have to
Prepare for the next morning.
Strange to be on the road too
Much and too busy to relax.
Years later I lecture on cruise
Ships and experience the same
Shower confusion as to what
Ship I am on and where in the
World am I lecturing on.
I go to the Crows Nest and the
Layout is changed ship to ship.
I search for an Evening Star
To steer a course by and
My elder sister tells me to
Try ginkgo biloba pills.