The Time Sickness

It's like deja vu, only older, somehow.
I started out thinking I was supposed to be doing something,
Or maybe meet someone,
But the time is out of joint.  Or I forgot
How every day becomes something else,
Yet there's a hum of sameness where the meanings start.
Maybe minutes don't add up to hours like they used to.

I look at everyone, and how beautiful they've become!
Nothing begins to make sense, but then
How can nothing begin?  A dog's yawn
Makes more sense than much of this world.

I lose track of time--think it's Wednesday when it's not.
Some days repeat with no explanation.
My beard turns grey, but wisdom cometh not.
Every other day or so, some thought of mine turns false.
(The mine of thought is rather dimly lit, at best.)

I learn to doubt my mind
And travel through the dark.
Curiouser and curiouser!

Travel Prices

Portland to Iqualuit, Nunavak in Canada in June:  $2107 per person round trip
Portland to Easter Island, Chile in June: $2602 per person round trip
Portland to Tulsa, Oklahoma in June $498 per person round trip
Portland to Albuquerque in June (plus car rental to canyon de chelly?)  $269 per person round trip

OM Machines

In the bulk foods section of the Winco on 82nd Drive.  You can hear the hum of the ventilation system, and it sounds like "OM"

Near the giant toilet paper display of Costco.  You can hear the sound of the refrigerators perfectly tuned to an "AUM", albeit a tad higher in pitch.