Turtle Crossing the Road
California Desert, 2008

We drive for hours
Along desert roads
Until a turtle crosses our path

I stop the car in the middle of the road
We pile out
Chemical Bro’s Hey Boy, Hey Girl blasts into the hot desert air

We dance
Then lie on our bellies
In the middle of the road
Watching the turtle
Slowly
Walk along the endless road
Walk to the edge

As pebbles of road
Grind into my belly flesh.

 

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