Thursday, February 6, 2014

5029. GO BACK


GO BACK
What that means is walking the smoke back into
the fire. Once that's achieved, well then you're OK.
I went to Smathers, Ohio, driving a Kenworth, doing
88 miles an hour for two hours at a stretch. Lucky I
wasn't killed or someone else  -  Those tractor-rigs get
jaundiced at such a speed and often just refuse to stop.
Wasn't like that though : more the genie was with me
each roll of the way : ashtray on fire, the last truck in
Pennsylvania, I don't even think they noticed me.
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Tractor trailers are like the thugs of the roadway :
brash, strong, mouthy and blunt. If that ain't no
legal team, I'll surely understand. Whistling past
the graveyard as I drove full speed ahead.

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