my finger on a starting line of a map. positioned on one small town in west texas. your finger on another point, probably very far away. would i start before you, or would i have to wait years while you crisscrossed state lines. if we both started, and kept time in check, advancing only on family vacations and trips to the city with friends, as age crept on, our fingers leaving wrinkles on the paper map, would we ever meet? or would the two lines just keep crossing and intersecting at a rate faster than two heartbeats.