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Everglades parkway (Free verse) by INTRANSIT

Under a hazy Florida sun, in the median, three tall birds stand- underestimating. The closest takes flight arcing in earnest, and I murmur; "Oh, I know you didn't just..." I close one eye and hunker expecting a sudden and bleeding passenger. No crash. No bloody body flapping. Pinned by the seventy mile per hour wind the avian beckons with a thump against the right mirror bracket. I turn my head and I look into the Egret's small grey eye as its' head bobs gently to the rhythm of the road. Carte de visite. I click the four ways on and slow and ease to the shoulder. The more I slow, the further the bird slides. I watch as the Heron angel reaches the soft and sandy shoulder without a bounce.

zodiac 5-May-04/7:09 PM
You need something more Florida-specific; it doesn't necessarily have to be where you were. "Volusia" is that empty stretch south of Daytona. Or "Lakeland" on I-4. Or "Oceola" on 192 between Melbourne and Orlando.

If you asked me, I'd say "Everglades Parkway," whether it happened there or not.




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