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Home for Christmas for five days Then back to Wyoming to work on Monday morning After a fifteen
minute detour in the opposite direction To the bank Atm for some
cash Cashless these
years Plastic Less than an
hour on the road Just getting up
to speed Cruise control
set at 74 mph Pass the first
idle driver and return into the right lane Adjust the
mirrors Turn the
defroster to heat Then red alert And the check
engine light goes on Less than fifty
minutes into my twelve hour Find an exit
fast The first exit North
Minneapolis Murder apples Black
neighborhood Gang banger
wanna bees country Drive bys And innocent
victims Not much choice It had been cold Negative
temperatures Frozen line Ruptured gaskets Blockages Cold Warm cold thermostat froze
up Know the city a
bit Turn left East to
northeast Across the
Mississippi river Relative safety Past a cop Side street Check engine Oil Transmission As a why not Brake fluid
level Steering fluid Windshield
washer fluid Transmission
skips City driving A vacuum
problem