drive

 a list of every album i listened to on my drive from leavenworth to portland:

Dystopia

Show Your Bones

Jagged Little Pill

II

Nevermind

Pink Moon

it's been a rock and roll vibe recently. i decided to take this trip impulsively, just like i decide to do everything else

the first part was fire smoke, the moon behind stretched orange gauze, the smell like a burned third world. it happens every year and so now it's familiar

i left the engine running while i pumped my gas and a truck driver walked by, with reflective vest and a large mug of soda. she smiled at me and asked "letting that turbo cool down?" to which i nodded cooly. she climbed into a huge UPS rig and i wondered what her life was like

the gurgle of diesel, the sputtering through the night, the columbia river streaming beside me like a long black snake. how many times have i done this drive now

i arrived at 2:15am. i cracked a beer. i wrote this blog post.

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