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85 Blues

traffic jam

By Harper Lewis Published about 5 hours ago • 1 min read
85 Blues
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Highway lousy with trucks and troopers,

ghost trees in the sky,

metal boxes sliding in and out of lanes

rearranging

plates and pullovers, parking lots

without pedestrians,

ramps on and off,

exits.

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About the Creator

Harper Lewis

Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.

Intertextuality is my passion.

Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.

My words are mine, not a robot’s.

MA English literature, CofC

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    Written by Harper Lewis