[Matt Q]

Hilary,

One thing that confuses me a little in the first poem/part: "he knows she's right -- they should go home".

My assumption was that they are already going home, albeit he's chosen a longer, more scenic route. So, should he do differently, since they're already going home? Does it mean that he should turn off the road and take a different, shorter route home? Or turn back and regain the usual, shorter route? If so, I wondered if maybe the line should say that instead. Perhaps "they should go back" might be clearer. Maybe back to the original branching point, or maybe back home. Or they "should turn back" or "turn off" or "reroute" or "change course" or something.

Hmm, or maybe "they should get home" which (maybe) implies getting there faster / mode directly than they are currently going.

best,

Matt