From Maine to Rhode Island

In my first decade

we traveled back to Rhode Island

so often

it was a regular way of life

to spend long stretches of time

on the road.

We visited my mom's dad

and her family

but also my dad's

over in nearby Blackstone,

which later it was made clear

in the short walks we could take

from one to the other,

which might be

one of the secret origins

of why I walk so much

today.