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Laying across the bed

in a cheap motel room

in California, Ohio

I need to get a cab

at 4:00AM

to get back into Cincinnati

to catch a train home.

I have a bottle of burgundy

which I sip slowly

contemplating my situation

There’s a John Wayne movie

on the television

I don’t know which one

But surprise!

He plays a cowboy sheriff.

I am bored

and have 5 hours

before I need

to call for the cab

I’m afraid of oversleeping

so I sip my burgundy wine

and wait it out

and wait 

whittling away

the minutes

The Duke shoots

a bad guy 

through the heart.

I take a long pull

on my bottle

and it goes 

straight to my heart.

“Good shot!”

I think almost aloud,

“Good shot!”

As the Duke routes

all the bad guys

I dig through my bag

to pull out a book

I take another swig

and read a few pages

from On the Road

I can’t focus my eyes

on the print

but I think how good

getting home

always feels

It’s almost the best part

of the whole trip.