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Nights on the Road MAG

November 17, 2013
By noram2 SILVER, New City, New York
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noram2 SILVER, New City, New York
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"For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over again." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Soft road noise and Led Zeppelin ballads
Lull my kid self into a quiet euphoria
Drifting in and out of empty half-dreams
Flying through pastoral paintings in the
back seat

10 p.m. highways and gas stations and diners
Romanticized by a sleepy skinny
nine-year-old
In Converse and thermal pajamas
Orange streetlights flitting across her cheek

© Alisa L., Tracy, CA

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noram2 SILVER said...
on Nov. 20 2013 at 8:38 pm
noram2 SILVER, New City, New York
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;For what it&rsquo;s worth: it&rsquo;s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you&rsquo;re proud of, and if you find you&rsquo;re not, I hope you have the strength to start over again.&quot; - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Thank you so much!
adinar SILVER said...
on Nov. 20 2013 at 8:25 pm
adinar SILVER, Old Saybrook, Connecticut
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You are such a good writer, I love this poem!