highway
pilgrim
I
had
become
numb
with
the
distance
,hands throbing
from
the
road
thruogh
the
wheels
through
THE
wheel
.
Through
my
arms
into
my
skull
, 16
hours
,
only
stopping
for
fuel,
coffee
and
a
piss
.
Now
the
sun
is
down
and
the
road
fades
into
the
grey
beyond
my
headlights.Highway
Hypnosis
sets
in
and
the
pavement
seems
to
bow
upward
in
the
cone
of
my
lights
and
then
rush
toward
me
like
something
solid.
It
does
this
over
and
over
again
.I
know
it's
just
an
illusion
,
but
I
also
know
that
it
can
kill
us
both
,
so
I
tell
my
wife
she'll
have
to
drive
for
a
while
,
if
she's
up
to
it
.
We've
still
got
another
10
hours
at
least
to
go
.
I'm
not
as
young
as
I
once
was
.
010214
...
nom
my
folks
are
confident
i'm
gonna
die
070112
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from