through
the hot damp hills
of
missouri & arkansas
abandoned
grain silo rust buckets
holding
syncopated beats
as
long as possible
storm
clouds gathering
looking
toward a
drying
up by the time
you
reach the panhandles
and
then new mexico
multitudes
of wordsmiths & string pickers
laying
out another broken trail
long
before & after the last freight cars
took
the journey west
starting
out like hot steel rails east saint louis
or
maybe even further east
straddling
the twists & turns of ohio valley
carbon
sink holes
when
rain hits the ozarks
head
for higher ground
the
roads will have already
joined
the rivers & tornado warnings
most
of the radio signals will have gone to ground
keep
looking for a ridge road pull away to save you
or
an overpass and patience
might
be your best stance
watch
for stray animals & travelers in need
when
there's a break in the sky
the
moon & sun may stand alone
sometimes
confused
before
the stars appear
hydroplane
is not a new kind of aircraft
so
watch for bottomless hollows
tree
limbs
washed
out bridges
train
whistles
roadhouses
and
the first sign of desert buttes
---
e b bortz
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