joyride
what the hell do you mean
this could be the final chapter
I’m only halfway through
my latest book
my darling
she says I take things too literal
& I reply saying that’s impossible
jackson browne is playing
on the radio
as if it’s nineteen seventy-nine
the girl riding shotgun
turning the volume dial
all the way to the right
it’s fun to reminisce she screams
& I nod in agreement
my right foot pressing the pedal
all the way to the metal
july two thousand twenty-three
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