April 26, 2008 (I was 63)
I had an agnostic friend
When we were together he spoke incessantly
It was as if it was all he knew what to do
We went on a long drive
He’d say Snow on the mountains
when anyone in the car could see the snow
Shredded
tires all over the highway
Contrails
crisscrossing the sky
must be
Air Force maneuvers
Gas
cheaper in Carolina than California
Third
dead dog in the last ten miles
wonder
if they got hit or just jumped out of trucks
Damn
potholes are three feet across
whole
infrastructure is going to hell
Saw this
thing on PBS said within ten years
we’d be
able to paint solar panels on almost anything
They’re
putting silicon cells in the paint
and
algae is gonna end up the best source for ethanol
cause it
reproduces so fast and is harvested from
pond
scum
I said why don’t you just be quiet He looked at me and said
And that won’t bother you the silence
No I said
Thank God he said
And has never spoken to me again
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