Exhaust

Leafless town sucks bus riders
To a place in the dirt fields
Drawing from vinegar crowns
Enveloping acid-bathed tears

Steering wheel on the rocks
Waving to the faceless crowd
Face in hands demand resilience
Everflow from oil wells awry

Teetering on a broken edge
Glassy, marble throat-drops
Lozenge for the hardship
3 tires flat, keep rolling

Tour across the tundra states
In a mood similar to dry wheat
Cracked throughout a suntan leather glove
Bolted to insistence, the merrymaker

"Keep on trucking," the managers chant
Slid away from yestermorrow
As mildew befriends my heart
Correct change won't buy a destination