What was wordy symbols becomes the information that I need
everything familiar becomes an oasis
everything unfamiliar a new friend waiting to be discovered.
Brussels fills me with waffles of new ideas
new possibilities, after two years of old hat.
Now here’s another life to live better than the one
before – fragility bears strength.
Making my connection
with ‘vous est tres gentil’
contactless senses and a plastic card with virtual money
‘bonjour, hello’ my constant greeting
smiling at kids and dogs and beggars and kindness
every sun has a meaning that could be useful or make me fluent in something that even locals can’t pinpoint on a map
frites on the air somewhere, everywhere
chips cooked twice, chip biscuits.