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Hitchhiking

Bristol Pike

thumbing a ride home

drop off at 7-11

to snag large Slurpee

and a pack

of Fleer baseball cards

no longer sure

why I collect

maybe I’ll get a Schmidt

or a Carlton

usually a bust

I get the scrubs

no one will remember

10 months from now

let alone

10 decades from now

but the Slurpee

is purple

and more grape

than I can handle

crossing train tracks

I follow Second Avenue

and slip back home

a new Van Halen album waits

the cradle

will indeed rock today

loud and clear

as Junior’s slipping grades