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Eastbound 96 MAG

December 4, 2012
By CoffeeGirl17 GOLD, Grand Rapids, Michigan
CoffeeGirl17 GOLD, Grand Rapids, Michigan
13 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life is like a bowl of cherries, with a few nuts thrown in."


pressing the pedal into
raw sunlight
toward exit fifty-two
sucking sugar
off a black plastic spoon
on the road to
no homework
and no people
the little pink LG
here for “safety only”
I could gaze
at the hashmarks in the sky
for too long
and just slip off the road
so I might need it
BZZZZT!
a hideous, unnatural noise
the fiery impulse
to fling the pink block between
highway grit and seventy-five
mile-an-hour tire treads
BZZZZT!
the stunning realization
that I won't text back
because I can't
without grating my life
against the road
Ha!
the world can wait
and suffer impatience
as I press forward
into seventy-nine
miles-an-hour
for the sake of remaining
superbly anonymous
and the understanding
that the texting gluttons
will never know
a freedom like this


The author's comments:
The absence of technology is a beautiful thing. I hope that everyone can make this discovery and experience the freedom that comes with it.

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xG4RY GOLD said...
on Oct. 26 2013 at 11:47 pm
xG4RY GOLD, East Falmouth, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"The shorter it is, the more well said it is."

Damn, I love this.

xG4RY GOLD said...
on Oct. 26 2013 at 11:46 pm
xG4RY GOLD, East Falmouth, Massachusetts
19 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The shorter it is, the more well said it is."

Damn, love this. 

on Jan. 16 2013 at 12:52 pm
shinegirl24 BRONZE, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
"All, everything I understand, I understand only because I love." Leo Tolstoy

This was really cool, I loved the style you used. You did a really good job showing what was happening and not just saying it... awesome job!