On the way to the family reunion
Have the oil changed
Pack the cooler with a bag of ice
3 hard boiled eggs and some fizzy water
Compare routes offered
by two different map apps, download
an audiobook, make a playlist
called Movin’ Right Along
Spread that old blanket
across the backseat for the dog
Check the weather where you are
and the weather where you’ll be
by tomorrow afternoon
You are ready now
for this tossing tumbleweed
of a roadtrip
and it may be 98 degrees
and you may have clean hair
and dual climate controls
but you roll the windows
all the way down anyway
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