Kerouac

On the Road in Barcelona

By: Charles Giuliano - Jun 23, 2015

Kerouac

Not long after we met
Spring break
Hotel in Barcelona
Off La Rambla
Flowers and birds
Middle of avenue
To the sea
Tiny room
Small window
Stood on chair
Looking out
View of elevator shaft
Reading intently
On the Road
Car stuck in the desert
Hudson Hornet
South West
Sal looked up
That big sky
All those stars
Empty vastness
Beyond comprehension
Canopy over America
Moved to tears
Solitary sobbing
What Capote called
Not writing but typing
On one big roll
Wire service
Two copies with 
Carbon in between
Just kept going
No going back
Furious speed
Feverish inspiration
Words racing on the page
That intensity
So riveting
Alone that night
In Spain
So far from Astrid
Called next day
Just to hear her voice
Passing the desk
Here is your bill senor
Yikes so expensive
After that
Post cards
Sent every day
Jack was my
Travel companion
Muse and champion