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Driven

I have driven

this country

from coast

to coast (or

so) several

times. I’ve

taken long

weekend

trips up

and down

California,

where I’ve

lived now

for twenty-

three years.

I’ve driven

into and

through

each and

every con

tiguous

state. I’m

just talking

about where

I’ve driven.

Flying is

another

story. I

drove an

electric car

all the way

home and

back (home

being Arkansas) –

let’s see – it was

two decades ago

nearly.  I’ve driven 

to Canada one way

and driven back

to my country

another.  But

for eight years

now, I have not

driven anywhere.

Nowhere.  It’s not

that my drive is

gone.  Or else,

this is the story

that I am telling.

My drive burns

hot like tar on

a freshly made

freeway.  This is 

what I remind

myself as I am

stuck here for at

least one more night.