Sloboda, Noel

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Forever coming or returning-too intent on miles ahead to settlefor any single destinationlet alone pause for conversation-he keeps one bleary eye trainedon jagged yellow linesjust visible through treesdangling from his mirror-sun-bleached pines that never grow;his other eye glued to needlesthat tell him absolutely nothing iswrong. He frets aboutevery little squeak and rattleheard over the sweet hum of asphaltHe fears the gradual lossof pressure in his Goodyearsand worries about the taintof ethanol in his cylinders.Usually hidden behinda bug-speckled screenhalfway between today and tomorrow,lonce saw him up closeSloboda 1201Sloboda: The Patron Saint Of CommutersPublished by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB), 2014leaning against a pump,sclerotic legs bowed, one darkhand on a gunmetal nozzle,the other pale and throbbingas it choked the lifeout of an invisible wheel.2Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal, Vol. 14, Iss. 2 [2014], Art. 39https://orb.binghamton.edu/harpurpalate/vol14/iss2/39

The Patron Saint Of Commuters

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The Patron Saint Of Commuters

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