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The Western Front

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Three hours in my red shaking car 
Across endless highway and nothing scenery
My brother sat in the passenger seat 
As we sang Madonna 
And talked of things 
Like inspiration and told stories
The road we traveled swooped 
Over underpasses and through 
Tollbooth after forty-cent tollbooth
The outside biting air 
Made the four door shiver 
Windows shudder
And wheels quiver
Up around around the winding staircase

The song changed 
And we blessed the interior 
With synchronized dances 
Off the top of our heads
Marveling

People with straight mouths 
Others with sunken eyes 
Clip-clopped on the sidewalks
Got off train doors and windows

The harsh wind pulled on the door handles
Grinning and grating his teeth in my rearview mirror
The steam from our singing mouths 
Fogged up the glass and blocked him out
The map lay across legs
Like a quilt my grandma made
As pointed fingers traced the ink roads 
Matching the way the rivers flow
But ending without warning on the next page
Under up around around
The winding staircase

We sailed past Wrigley Field 
As giant buses criss-crossed chalky streets
A shiver shake from the driver's seat
And it wasn't from the wind this time
The sky grew dark and fogged the windows up
Our singing mouths lay silent now 
While plastic bags and paper cups 
Jumped up from the gutters to ride the rushing wind
Crowds raced their feet 
Kept their hands buried deep 
In sweatshirt pockets, 
Intently watching the sidewalk like a rug 
Before it's yanked out from under them

People with straight magic marker mouths 
And sunken pool pocket eyes 
Clip-clopped on the sidewalks. 
They got off trains that flew over everything 
And in-between brick buildings
A tired man at the phone 
Hugged his coat and spoke 
Calmly to the other end with hints of anger and intent 
I hung up the greasy phone 
We walked through revolving Walgreen doors 
The woman behind the counter eyed us this time

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