# cross-country writer. Learn to walk anywhere. learn to run anywhere too. and bike or swim if necessary (you get the point). learn to write anywhere—even if you’re in a war zone—which you are—of course. this is a customer’s war zone; pick your theme; customize your weaponry; download the app— this is fingerprints on the glass and aluminum door to the fast food place adjoining the gas station convenience store. *Free WiFi.* This is pointless lights behind the plexiglass, the idling of the drive-thru, this is being televised but never witnessed, never seen. This is the baseball game and a vanilla shake. People come and go. A dog circles around outside. A little girl stands in front of the door, idly dancing. Her parents are mute and dumb. Everybody eats corn syrup all the time. It’s the only thing we know how to do. You can go everywhere. You’re safe in your uniform. But you can’t stay anywhere. So you walk.