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Route 66, Northwestern Pennsylvania

Lead Boots to the Floor

Photo by Chris McNamee

 

Caught between the dashboard

and the streetlights

 

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her hand moves to the gearshift,

covers mine.

 

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“Fast is the only way I know”

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I push to fifth,

light up the speedometer

like the California Richter scale.

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