5 Road Odes and a Song of Despair
5 Road Poems (5 Aspirations) and a Song of Despair a nod to Pablo Neruda Ode to the Open Road Open Road! You call me Locked down for over a year Behind my mask Afraid to breathe others' breath to touch what they had touched We traded the silver screen for a big screen or a small screen or a tiny screen Now we go back the righteous windscreen and roadsigns Interstates byways flat horizons rumble strips diner coffee local AM stations storm warnings piglets, quilt-scraps, and firewood for trade NPR everywhere Amy and Terry and Ira and Christiana...