MEADVILLE, Pa. —Meadville is / staying at the Holiday Inn Express / reading the first chapter of Debord’s Society as Spectacle / walking across a highway to eat

RACHEL, Nev. — do poems count / should I refrain / from mentioning / the Project Oxcart memorial outside the inn / inside, the Galaxy Quest poster behind the bar / the gift shop in the corner / the dollar bills that hang from the ceiling / names and drawings in permanent marker

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A Reuben sandwich is grist for the mill. Every enchanting bite pares the marble of the memory. The sauerkraut juice, enchantress. It might be one of the best Reubens I have eaten. Might be. How do I evaluate meals apart from the circumstances in which I find myself. In this case, I am famished and tired and relieved to be sitting on the springy cushions of this booth instead of the rigid seat of a car.