Signs

by

Doug Larson

Driving home and thinking
about you
while I’m stopped
at the light
by Jack in the Box
and Big O Tires.
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BIG O TIRES
-
I wonder
has anybody ever been that excited
about tires?
A little jog down PCH
I see a sign with burned out letters
L-I-Q-U
..lick you.
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I’d like to.
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I see SUPER 8 MOTEL
LIQU on my mind
and around the traffic circle I go
with Bowie singing
about being afraid
of Americans.
Johnny’s an American.
I’m an American
and I’m singing backup vocals.
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USE TURN SIGNALS
YIELD
Lakewood boulevard north.
HERTZ (Hurts) on my left
GOOD YEAR on the right
Next year? This Year?
RIGHT LANE MUST TURN RIGHT
..right.
-
I drive straight ahead
never veering
under the runway one way
with planes on the tarmac
the past at my back
Neal and I are looking together
for a heart of gold.
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AIRPORT LEFT LANE
RIGHT LANE MUST TURN RIGHT!
I drive in the night
BOEING (Boing!)
FLY DC JETS
I’m almost home
All that remains
is a right turn
-
and one more left.

NEXT?
Why don't you look at Ah Yes!
by: Joyce Hemsley
from: Sunderland, England, UK

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