Minn. State Fair

Today this morning the plan is to head for The Fair
Early
Not as early as the showers and the workers and the "normal" people 
Who just want to BE THERE when the gates open

But early enough
To get good parking
At a nearby Park and Ride

There are four
Tickets
To use 
In nine days

The backpack has
chocolate and nuts
and water
and sketchbooks
and stuff for writing and painting

And some money
And my driver's license

And a small book
written 
by
the Buddhist monk
Thich Nhat Hanh

And batteries
for
the Sony Walkman

The day
will be
what it is