stops

It’s nice when stops to break a journey don’t have to be highway toilets.  

Shoalhaven river. Fish jumping. A big splinter our of my toe.  Janu poo emergency. Rush of traffic somewhere over the hill. Rinsing dishes in the river. Mosquito coil smoke threading through the red air. (Matilda’s interior is very passionate: red curtains, red table, red carpet, red panelling and fire extinguisher!) Janu tells jokes (why was number 6 scared? Because 7 8 9), makes rhymes, laughs.