By chris
Date: 2008 May 27
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I call you on your cell
from my car
windows down
Social Distortion's rockabilly
surf punk
turned down to just above
tolerable
breaking a few laws
for good measure
and we talk
before you lose signal.

You're at Storrie Lake
just north of Las Vegas
and in my mind I can see the
view -
the plains that sweep up to
the east,
meeting blue water
shadowed by rocky mountains.
You've already left the
rimrock country
behind you
along with the heat of
Albuquerque
and a few other things
well worth
escaping.

I can tell
you're not turning around
this time -
already half a season behind
and at least two thousand feet
higher.