latitude longitude attitude

there is a touch of rain considering the kitchen window
some herbs simmering on the gas
exhaustion and a little bit of the ache of flu in my neck and shoulders
it will be an early night this one

we fly out next wednesday
the days ahead are full of the last chance chores

i alternate between atmospheres of long term farewells (yet never expressed as such), and those that feel temporary and unconditional.

and the catalogue of 'things i can leave behind awhile' grows ever longer.

so tired