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it read sixty-five miles per hour on our way out of town. My heart was happy and so was I, (the two are so rarely spinning in sync.) it read zero when we reached the next town and let our feet move us instead. I can't tell you how fast we traveled then but my heart was running faster than the most technical speedometer could hope to even guess. the drive home was forty-five, much slower and with much purpose. and as the familiar lights came into view I realized that I wanted nothing more than to be 30 miles backwards, in the unfamiliar town, and stay there with you longer.
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Nov 9, 2011
Nov 9, 2011 at 7:48 PM UTC
A poem on speedometers
it read sixty-five miles per hour on our way out of town. My heart was happy and so was I, (the two are so rarely spinning in sync.) it read zero when we reached the next town and let our feet move us instead. I can't tell you how fast we traveled then but my heart was running faster than the most technical speedometer could hope to even guess. the drive home was forty-five, much slower and with much purpose. and as the familiar lights came into view I realized that I wanted nothing more than to be 30 miles backwards, in the unfamiliar town, and stay there with you longer.
chris-ott
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Nov 9, 2011
Nov 9, 2011 at 7:48 PM UTC
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