Waking Dream

from True North by David Sobel

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Kelly made his way along the concrete snake
That winds itself through sunburnt hills
Any exit leads you to a tract home hive
Big Wheel on the challenged lawn

The evening holds the promise of a red-eyed drive
And the prospect of a strip mall meal
Back seat full of empties and a green suitcase
No need for a rear view mirror

And California played him like a billboard ad
All sunshine and a broad mouthed smile
Sandy beaches filled him with a lemmings drive
Unfettered in a cloudless sky

All he wanted to know
Was the world outside this windshields view
Fast asleep at the wheel
Of this waking dream, this waking dream

Kelly rode a cloverleaf off Interstate 5
That spun him like a pinwheel North
Seven hours later off of Ocean Beach
The sun set in a practiced arc

Abandoned off the highway with a bald rear tire
Brandishing it's Kansas plates
A Duster with a ticket and an empty tank
A suitcase and the driver gone

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from True North, released December 26, 2014

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