.
Several miles above the speed limit
Swirling colors
raced by
Six days before the end of another year.
A few dozen hours later than
I had intended
Ten minutes after midnight.
Two time zones short of the divide
she woke up and pulled herself
close to me when I
almost flipped the truck
Swerving to miss
a traffic barrel
Five seconds of panic became only
small orange lights
in the rearview mirror