reading dust
signatures
communication
of the road
we blur
trees
’92 mixtape,
landscape
mix
until we tire
of music
too-loud talkback vowels
when the tape
ejects
engine drone
hazes stale exchange
*
we stop
to wake
truckstop
litter
overflow
reminded by
the occasional
bird
*
driving out
of night
everything
vibrates,
the stars
even through
the petrol stop
no stills
*
motel mattress
tremors
remember
how to sleep?
air-con
insomnia
highway
still straining
south
flashing down
to the border