Eat slowly. Read what you can by available light. br Take nothing with you br except the sky stencilled in the window br br to picture the next stage in this journey br that will carry you past the poplars of home, br past scrub and palms to the unyielding sea. br br And when the train stops at the last beach, br forget the harmony of the spheres br that you thought to find in hard things and fluent. br br Put your bag down and look br at the reef that gashes br through the ocean's tablecloth br br and the meteors that light up br the moon's silences.