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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2014-02-20 12:32 PM





The sun rises sullen
in a soggy spitting sky

Dawn’s sleet shows
tire tracks on the black top

Intermittent wipers
skronk across the glass

Steam rises from a coffee
in the cup holder
on the dash
as Semis pass and splash
quieting the wipers

A weekday routine
I know too well
With only sunrises
and weather to
break the monotony

LGR©2/20/14

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JerryPat2
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South Louisiana
1 posted 2014-02-20 12:43 PM


Love the word, "skronk." I can identify with the rest of this poem, but it has been many years since I've had to make that drive every day.

~*~ Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere
2 posted 2014-02-20 12:47 PM


Glad you like my word.  I told one of the students and she called me a weirdo.  I much prefer "free spirited". With them raising the retirement age, I will be driving until I die LOL.  Thanks for commenting my friend.

Lori

Bluesy Socrateaser
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In The Mirror
3 posted 2014-02-20 01:35 PM


It's true Lori.

Every time I use the intermittent, the blades go "skronk". So I associate the word and the sound.

I often wondered if I was the only one.


Sleet or not, is was good to see a little rain for a change.

...just bein' Bluesy

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
4 posted 2014-02-20 01:52 PM


'Teaser
Rain is good! It helps to rinse the highway salt off your car! You can thank me for the rain...I washed my car yesterday!

Lori

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