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the agglutination of cars at 5:36 pm

near a major intersection

in this major metropolitan area

as i watch them out the east window

of a burger king

makes me wonder why i am car shopping

.

a split second later i have answers aplenty

public transportation waxes unreliable

and feels more dangerous

and i spent more than two grand renting

last year alone

and walking at night is more dangerous too

and i’d get more dates as a man with a car

(maybe)

.

now it’s 5:58 and more duskish

the westbound drivers must be squinty

i can see one doing the visorgap slouch

and a big truck just did a jerk-to-a-stop

.

and at $5K down

$300/mo for 60 months

and god knows how much

to insure this septuagenarian

a car is looking more and more

like an unaffordable luxury

.

but i think as the dusk deepens

about sliding into that driver’s seat anytime

destination anywhere

what

a

rush

Lenny Bruce once had a bit where a thief was asking his fence, “Ya wanna buy a hot?” The fence says, “A hot what?” and the thief replies, “A hot ANYTHING–I had a helluva week!” Similarly, I had a helluva night last night. I could not stop drawing. Here are some, but not all, of the results:

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Dip ye into H2O–uh oh–it is très chaud
Urge a flooded 2-step & becalm the sea’s rain’s beau
Solve a Driftwood Puzzlement & give your Mojo brass
Killer Time will 1-2 PUNCH you–your job is to last

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Deliverance of Country with a capp’d & righteous C
Admixturance prog/Southern Rock to make it neo-Neat-o
Veer not from fearless choices as you twist the reverb knob
Endurance with Enjoyment: a Producer’s V i t a l job

I’d never heard nor read of this gentleman before this morning’s WSJ. He’s a record producer who, judging from the article on him, is doing fine work.

Lastly, a (perhaps) work in progress with plenty of blanks to fill. Anyone who provides the between-acrostics text with reasonable meter and rhyme will get their text calligraphed and placed in the acrostic with full credit and praise from me.

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