Getting Away From It All Poem by Laurence Overmire

While eating the best veggie pizza
Ever
At a little café
In Broadford on Skye

A woman at the next table
Politely asked,
'Where are you from? '

'Portland, Oregon, '
We replied.

To which she said,
'Oh, I'm from Texas.'

The man at the table
In front of us said,
'I'm from San Diego! '

And the woman
Two tables over said,
'I'm from Seattle! '

We came to Scotland
To meet Scots
And all around us -
Americans!

So we turned to the
Waitress and asked,
'What part of Scotland
Are you from? '

'I'm from New Zealand, '
She said
With a smile.

~ Laurence Overmire

(Previously published in The Ghost of Rabbie Burns: An American Poet's Journey Through Scotland, Indelible Mark Publishing,2016)