Friday, November 5, 2021

Highway 96 - Dead Dogs and Shredded Tires - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

Mhall46184@aol.com 

https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

 

Highway 96 – Dead Dogs and Shredded Tires

 

U.S. 96 is paved from north Texas to the Gulf

With fragments of dead dogs and re-capped tires

We love to let our doggies run wild and free

And save ourselves some money with unsafe tires

 

“That’s a big 10-4, good buddy!”

 

U. S. 96 is paved with articles of faith

For in spite of all the evidence we believe

WE BELIEVE! CAN I HAVE AN “AMEN!”

That a paint stripe will keep cars from hitting each other

 

“I’m gonna take me a selfie!”

 

Corpses of rotting dogs and shredded tires -

But the dead humans are scraped up and hauled away

 

“Can you hear me now?”

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