Cross Country

Cross Country

Long drive.
Driving alone, even longer.
I jab the radio’s selection button repeatedly.

White noise.

Then NPR and Lake Wobegon,
Wrenching rap,
Frenetic south of the border trumpeting,
Alto, por favor!
Country’s broken hearted
“Don’t need no rear view mirror,
I ain’t never lookin’ back”
Twang…
Ah, at last.
Crystal Blue Persuasion.
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