Architecture, Monuments, Olympus OM-2, Poetry
by Patrick Jennings

A stop along the way

Neon and Night, Blue Swallow Motel, Route 66, Tucumcari, New Mexico
It was a stop along the way
A place between

Here

and

There

Holdover from a time
Of neon
Air-con
And movin’ on

Revitalized
By nostalgia
And a hankering
For another time

Which never was

And never will be

Resurrecting a dream
Looking back
When I stop along the way

But should just keep
Movin’ on

Night and Neon
The Blue Swallow Motel
Route 66
Tucumcari
New Mexico, United States of America

Taken during travels, 1997