Conversions

Conversions

One gallon of gas = twenty-four miles.
Twenty-four miles = twenty to thirty minutes.
Twenty to thirty minutes = seven songs.

Twenty to thirty minutes = one load in the washer.
One load in the washer = $2.25.
$2.25 = ten quarters.

$2.25 = a ride on the bus.
A ride on the bus = thirty blocks.
Thirty blocks = fifteen chances to ask to leave.

Thirty blocks = eighty signs.
Eighty signs = the city speaking to us.
The city speaking to us = voices from offstage bodies.

The city speaking to us = time travel.
Time travel = our return to a place.
Our return to a place = the pleasure of recognition.

Our return to a place = a commemoration.
A commemoration = it happened; it’s happening now,
and if we keep trying to make it happen
maybe we can stay here forever.