Pavement Prophet

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A red convertible, driving down a straight, country road. Powerlines and trees surround the road on either side. — Photo by Logan Girdley on Unsplash

Your father and I share names (government names)(I hope he’s well)(I hope you’re well)(You and I both always kept to the shadows but shined in the presence of prophecy)(Vroom Vroom)(T-tops off )(Quaker Street chasin’)( Johnny in the front)(I’m knee to chest behind the driver’s seat) (Peter tucked next to me)(The bass)(That fucking bass)(Rattling the inside of my chest anew)(Windows down)(Eyes following taillights) (Pavement lines)(Blurred yellow and white)(Summer-colored roads) (Chasin’ summer)(Chasin’ Death)(Chasin’ salvation)(A buck-plus on the dash)(crash) and visions.

Julián David Bañuelos

is a Chicano poet, educator, editor, and translator from Lubbock, Texas. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His poems are forthcoming in Eunoia Review, Hyacinth Review, Afternoon Visitor, Brave Voices Magazine, Vagabond City, Pigeonholes, Occulum, Acentos Review, and Pangyrus.

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