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2,023 Miles

2,023 Miles

a nonet poem

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Thomas Kneeland, MA, MFA
Aug 16, 2023
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black concrete road surrounded by brown rocks
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We drive across the country for hours
in my granddad’s Ford pickup truck
bob our heads to old funk grooves
scarf down beef jerky sticks
crack open Pepsi
dream in daylight
just to get
back down
south.

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