[running almost empty off I-90 us] running almost empty off I-90 us and the motorcycles getting full here all old leather boots white shirts denim us too but just a little odd out the man behind the counter eyes us putting 20 on 3 eyes us buying dollar coffee eyes us changing the oil man at the next pump calls me baby sweater stars & stripes you need a hand with that baby? means you can’t do that yourself can you hot gasoline slick baby queer here means cliff dwelling sheer & jagged queer here means spit n sin queer means nothing unless you say it out loud they get an eyeful still call us baby dragonfly hovering by the touchscreen & next door someone’s grandma’s hydrangeas eyeing us too all beauty like them all full Maren McKenna
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