Rafters
Culture shock
is something to be expected
when one explores a new culture,
or returns to one’s own
after a time away.
But when a dozen American rafters
spend twenty-five days
on the Colorado River,
hardly one of them would expect
to experience culture shock
in their own country.
Yet when they emerged from the river,
retrieved their phones
after days unplugged and off the grid,
they had awakened
from a dream of paradise
to a world in quarantine.
is something to be expected
when one explores a new culture,
or returns to one’s own
after a time away.
But when a dozen American rafters
spend twenty-five days
on the Colorado River,
hardly one of them would expect
to experience culture shock
in their own country.
Yet when they emerged from the river,
retrieved their phones
after days unplugged and off the grid,
they had awakened
from a dream of paradise
to a world in quarantine.
