{"id":4803,"date":"2011-06-19T08:10:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T15:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?p=4803"},"modified":"2011-06-19T08:45:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T15:45:39","slug":"austria-haiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/19\/austria-haiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Austria Haiku"},"content":{"rendered":"

“We would have sent you home,” said Teresa, our hostess. “It was freezing up there, there was new snow. You made the right choice to stay in bed.”<\/p>\n

It was a painful choice, though, one wrapped in self pity and despair. I had a window of relief from whatever flu I’ve picked up, just enough time to surface for dinner, and then, I awoke again sticky and exhausted after ten or twelve hours of muddy sleep.<\/p>\n

\"Jogburg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I look out the window at toffee colored cows, grazing high up in a bright green meadow. I sleep. I wake, the shadow of a hawk skates across the grass. There is a muffled sound of people moving around in the room above mine, a phone call to my husband, my voice broken with frustration, he tries to smooth my feathers. The wind\u00a0 blows through leggy white flowers. Housekeeping sneaks in and folds the bedding while I sit in the dining room eating breakfast, dizzy and weak. Back in my room I find they have taken away my tea cups but replaced the tiny bottles of shampoo.<\/p>\n

I want to take pictures of my intent — my rain gear hanging on the coat hooks, my boots set out with woolly socks, my long underwear, all ready for an early morning start, all ignored because I gave in to my complaining body. My day pack holds a hat and gloves, a fully charged camera battery, an extra flash card for the camera, but like me, it has not moved. We are both luggage, inanimate, waiting.<\/p>\n

Four nights in Austria and all I have is a haiku.<\/p>\n

Toffee colored cows
\ngraze high up in the meadow.
\nWings, black on green grass.<\/p>\n

Now, you tell me about the time you lost a trip to… something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“We would have sent you home,” said Teresa, our hostess. “It was freezing up there, there was new snow. You made the right choice to stay in bed.” It was a painful choice, though, one wrapped in self pity and despair. I had a window of relief from whatever flu I’ve picked up, just enough … <\/p>\n


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