Barry Pomeroy Author: Writing my way out

Naked in the Road

Chapter One ~	I waited until late at night
Chapter Two ~	My feet were sore as hell
Chapter Three ~	Wrapping my slivers of glass in the fold of my blanket
Chapter Four ~	I could have woken to the cold dawn
Chapter Five ~	Turning my face from the road
Chapter Six ~	When I woke the world had changed little
Chapter Seven ~	I woke the next morning early
Chapter Eight ~	Taking my walking stick
Chapter Nine ~	At first it seemed as though I was drowning
Chapter Ten ~	I must have slept well the entire night
Chapter Eleven ~	When I walked up the slight slope to my shelter
Chapter Twelve ~	The night was still and dark when I woke
Chapter Thirteen ~	The scrabbling of an insect on my thigh
Chapter Fourteen ~	It was a relief to step away
Chapter Fifteen ~	I began by lifting the large pieces of wallpaper
Chapter Sixteen ~	I was by the creek washing my new belt
Chapter Seventeen ~	My shoes deteriorated even more on the road
Chapter Eighteen ~	When I left I went in the opposite direction
Chapter Nineteen ~	The sky was grey when I awoke panting
Chapter Twenty ~	Once outside I found it was later than I thought
Chapter Twenty-One ~	Other than that day when I retraced my path
Chapter Twenty-Two ~	I had now come to that moment of decision
Chapter Twenty-Three ~	I was some miles downstream and the forest
Chapter Twenty-Four ~	Continuing downstream I stalwartly kept my eyes
Chapter Twenty-Five ~	I had come to a kind of home
Chapter Twenty-Six ~	I lived in that robust surround for some days
Chapter Twenty-Seven ~	By midmorning the raft had became subject
Chapter Twenty-Eight ~	When I stepped out onto the strange level hardness
Chapter Twenty-Nine ~	I felt the splash upon my face before
Chapter Thirty ~	When the sun was almost below the hills
Chapter Thirty-One ~	The river was starting to broaden now
Chapter Thirty-Two ~	I spent that long day watching the river widen
Chapter Thirty-Three ~	I drank from my bottle and ate my remaining bread
Chapter Thirty-Four ~	On the walk home, with my new VCR
Chapter Thirty-Five ~	When I arrived back at my building
Chapter Thirty-Six ~	The stereos were just starting to throb
Chapter Thirty-Seven ~	I dropped back at Tantramar on my way home
Chapter Thirty-Eight ~	My friend was in the computer lab pounding away
Chapter Thirty-Nine ~	I only made a brief stop at my house
Chapter Forty ~	When I finished that endless process