Route 1
Eloise Schultz
after C.D. Wright
1. grey minivan, Utah plates
2. applesauce packets, folded bikes
7. sitting in the back with the baby, being regarded by the baby
11. in fact, I love the Mormon Tabernacle Choir!
23. mainelycatsmainelymeatsmainelymusicmainelymaine
40. last time in the backseat eating Shana’s coleslaw
41. milk-white goats blinking in snow
42. sharing her blanket, warm animal smell wrapping us up
67. next couple in a white Camry drinking
71. quietly kicking nip bottles
77. as far as I’m willing to go:
78. not saying what that is
84. someone walking on the shoulder, where did they come from
90. crushed empties in the ditch
91. how long do you think trash stays in a ditch on average
101. there must be a word for it, how stretches of time compress into a simultaneous dimension
110. now what’s a young thing like you doing way out here
111. tipping his cowboy hat
112. anyplace you need
113. lucky you’re not my daughter
114. dangerous I mean
120. OK heart OK OK
122. buckle up for safety
144. ammo store wifi church motel 6 homemade jam
178. as hard and as fast as I can!
187. BLOODWORMS SANDWORMS MUDWORMS 15¢
189. grey sky running down the windshield
195. honey they don’t call this the worm capital of the world for nothing
