Redneck girl, by Laura Alaniz | poems, essays, and short stories in Poeticous

Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

Redneck girl

The pine trees

Reach up

On both sides

Of the road

Telling me

I’m almost home

Crossing bridges

As bugs start to

Splatter

On the windshield

Reminding me

I’m almost home

You can shout

If you wanna

You can roll down

The window

Or even drive

In the middle

If you wanna

Because

You’re almost home

(2015)

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