That Ride
Late afternoon,
I ran towards the standing jeep
going to my village holding
a dripping umbrella
over my wet hair.
The rusty hinges of the Jeep
creaked as I pulled the
passenger door and hopped in
next to the drivers’ seat.
Through the mist up windshield,
I watched the grassy slope
of the land shift as the
Jeep sped down east of Birtamod.
At Fikkal, the bus pulled
to a stop near hilltop hotel
for an afternoon tea. The
winter tea garden rolled
changing its view
on the rolling landscapes.
A short while later, the driver
throttled up the engine as the road
began to slope uphill and bend
towards the main route
into the city. The Ilam city emerged
from the thinning fog but the gust of wind.
continue to push it
over the rolling hills of Ilam.