I-81 North towards Hazleton.
Exit to Hazleton.
Merge left away from Mahanoy
City exit.
Luzerne County crossing.
I always thought the spheres on telephone wires were kids' basketballs that got stuck in the sky.
Three New York plates in half a mile.
151 A or B?
Kelly Clarkson tells me through static that I don't know a thing about her.
Water beads on plastic cup lids by the "diet" indent, but never goes in.
Americans are water.
Lemonade clots the cuts
on my lips.
The car's a few years old but still carries its dealership scent.
Adjacent drivers keep their
lazy eyes on their phones.
Prismatic flashes through tinted windows from a woman changing CDs.
Oaks in the distance overtake
stores and church steeples.
The earth is theirs.
Aug 3, 2014
Aug 3, 2014 at 12:19 PM UTC
I-81 North towards Hazleton.
Exit to Hazleton.
Merge left away from Mahanoy
City exit.
Luzerne County crossing.
I always thought the spheres on telephone wires were kids' basketballs that got stuck in the sky.
Three New York plates in half a mile.
151 A or B?
Kelly Clarkson tells me through static that I don't know a thing about her.
Water beads on plastic cup lids by the "diet" indent, but never goes in.
Americans are water.
Lemonade clots the cuts
on my lips.
The car's a few years old but still carries its dealership scent.
Adjacent drivers keep their
lazy eyes on their phones.
Prismatic flashes through tinted windows from a woman changing CDs.
Oaks in the distance overtake
stores and church steeples.
The earth is theirs.
What I saw and driving directions on a trip to Wilkes Barre, PA.
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