on the charlotte-essex ferry

want an umbrella?  buddy asked from his machine on the ferry.
no thanks the rain will stop soon
i wasn’t talking to you but to the young woman.
his wife asked what i was going to do because of the rain
get wet.

the windows closed i went for shelter. noticed their maryland number plate.

when the rain stopped and they opened their windows.
so where in maryland are you from?
seeing a hesitation. mentioned where i grew up.
- know there area
where my mother lives
live close by
that i went to friends
-we have a nephew there
but i went in the stone age.
you’re young i’m 75.

as we were docking and saying good bye. he introduced himself as d.h.
h.? i went to school with a.b.
our niece.