Saturday, December 03, 2022

Texas 1971-72

Leaving home for newfound adventures,

Just the two of us on our own

Two thousand plus miles from

Family and friends,

Fledgling companions together – alone.

 

Who can we cling to?

New town – no friends,

All unfamiliar in fit or flair.

Olive drab convoys humping the highways on

Juxtaposed journeys going nowhere.

 

Who chose this Devil’s den

Void of amenities

So near the shores of

The Earth’s ragged end?

Where disquiet dwells in

The green sky of hailstones

And summertime swelter

Is nobody’s friend.

 

Test of our testament to one another,

A decade of displeasure packed in one year.

Thankful to flee, once our sentence is over,

Back to a place where we won’t disappear.

 

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