What You Walkin' On?


I found an old man in a wooden lifeboat, rowing his way through space toward a ring of burning white light. A spiral path of stones seemed to mark the path he followed.

I walked up beside the boat and kept pace as he rowed. "So. Where ya headed?" I asked.

"Kansas City," he answered in a gruff tone.

"How ya gettin' there?" I asked next.

"Gonna walk," he answered as he pulled once more on the oars.

I sped up to keep pace as the lifeboat pulled away. "That's a boat but I don't see any water. What're your oars pullin' on?"

He looked up briefly and pulled again while the lifeboat creaked. "Yeah well... what you walkin' on?"


Inspired by "Gate", the artwork of Alexey Andreev