Alternative Vectors of Travel

The rooms you’ve been in.
Not only sleeping
And launching from them,

But really been in,
More or less confined
While recovering

Or incapable
Of assaying ice
Or other hazards.

Each time, days and weeks
Within a small space,
A limited world,

A window on bricks,
Or window on dirt,
Or window on leaves,

A distant mountain,
A slice of landmark,
Some scattered buildings.

The room locations
Themselves various—
New York, Edinburgh,

Five Points, Hurricane,
Missoula, Nelson,
Charlevoix, Salt Lake—

A range of regions,
Several nations,
Several climates,

And both hemispheres.
The rooms you’ve been in,
Each one a dull room.