Daniel NESTER
Travel Story in 17 Parts
1. repining at the approach of death
2. watching her sleep in front of the steering wheel
3. feathery songs on the radio
4. brightly clothed woman outside, getting coffee
5. black cows in the dewy morning
6. at least that’s what she said
7. fertile next year, unless we find ourselves better
8. have a good time confiscating it
9. take your goods with you, Jack
10. twenty years ago this happened
11. and that’s why we live here instead of there
12. I was born in a room with bloody walls
13. didn’t make it to the house by sundown
14. we slept in a closed hotel parking lot, the office light on
15. turned the car on for some heat
16. no shame in my game, he said, trashpicking a chair
17. watched her eyes open, then kept on driving