I’ve made this drive
so many times I 
figured I could
do it w/my eyes
shut 
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Well, 
that was a
mistake
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one hundred thousand pounds of pressure
(tap, tap)
endlessly rocking 
behind the wheel of a 
rusted-out Chevy
El Camino 
three miles south of
Ensenada 
folded into the
azure origami
of twilight’s last gleaming