street life 2

i drive to the biker bar in bombay beach

i drive to the bookstore in aberdeen, montana

i drive to physical therapy in my hometown

i drive to big bend national park 

i drive to arches national park 

i drive to my boyfriend's house up north 

i drive to my boyfriend's house in the hills

i drive thru the pines on unpaved roads 

i drive cross-country in a silver chevy

i drive like theresa in her alfa romeo spider 

no car shifts better - like a knife thru butter

i learn to drive stick on bulltown road 

and i drive to new york before i live here  

and i drive to the ocean after  

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my cars

2002 volkswagen jetta (navy blue)

2012 chevrolet cruze (silver) 

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a song from my surf rock phase of 2021 

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incomplete list of poems i've written while driving

dream, come true 

when it all falls down 

formation zero 

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and she said if you lived in brighton beach would you keep your car

and i said if i figured out how to keep my car on the streets of downtown manhattan then i will figure out how to keep my car anywhere