recollection of tenting

recollection of
tenting: termites &
endless ginger ale in
a two-star motel
as Clinton was defamed
and dethroned

while traveling
on an endless flight
to san francisco
after one week of
not getting stoned

over a dark sea
lit by another ocean
of flickering T.V.s
each tuned to a
different memory

under a spell
of haunted melody:
Mahler's "adagietto"
hits harder
with the elevation

waiting to brace
for landings
and for these damned
T.V.s to turn themselves
off