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the inky calligraphic lettering of winter bare trees bare, in silhouette, observed while in automotive motion, in the unfolding hills, and as boosted by or backlit by a certain stream, a tilt, a mesmerizing slant, of brittle sunlight ..

our self(s) in the modest car
driving south on the highway,
below metro saint louis,
the missouri interstate-55,
handel’s piano sonatas in the radio,
near an exit 143