You can’t just ask strangers to drive you up and down the country. This is the twenty first century.
Strangers are more dangerous than ever; we’ve never been more dangerous. – Ali Smith
I saw her from a distance
and she cast a narrow shadow.
Pulled over right in front of her
and rolled down the window.
“Are you armed?” I asked.
She said “no” and smiled.
“Well, you should be,” I told her.
Something about that smile.
Get in, I ordered and she did.
That’s how it started.