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ROAD TRIP


by Larry Strattner


Drove my car on a little trip

to sit with an old friend dying.

We talked in small nostalgic bits

as he readied himself for the sky,

or wherever we go

when we no longer know

the whos or the whats or the whys,

but enough of pernicious wherefores

to grasp at our past for salvation

and failing to hang on

to cry.

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