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It's about truckin' (Free verse) by INTRANSIT

It's about corners It's about curves someone cut me off and I had to swerve. It's having the sand and moving some boulders. That son-of-a-bitch just jumped off the shoulder! It's about food It's about shelter No logic in logistics it's all helter-skelter. It's coast to coast and doin' the rounds It's thirty-five uphill at eighty-thousand pounds. It's going to New York at my behest and still getting done despite the rats nest. It's about lights. It's about chrome. It's three-hundred-sixty-five days of not going home. It's a lifestyle or, a means to an end. Delivering unscathed your new Mercedes Benz. It's about needs. It's about drive, delivering oxygen that keeps your grandma alive It's about art. It's about physics. You can't get the job done without knowing some tricks. It's about sun. It's about rain. It's about intermodal; from the ship to the train. It's about cabovers. It's about hoods. It's about the industry and all of its' moods. It's about lonliness, being starved for affection. Wishing you could get loaded in a homeward direction. It's about midnight runs and no doubt, I'm sure you know it's usually a big truck that's first to the rescue.

nentwined 17-Sep-03/8:11 AM
flow suggestions:

"and doin' the rounds" (drop "the")?

[[why not 13, 15, 18, or thirteen, fifteen, eighteen?]]

(gearing down / keeping control) -> "gearing down for control"

"despite the laws
driving drunk is on the rise"? [nah, not quite] :/

"a means to an end" feels clunky.

"and ontime delivery
of the oxygen keeping grandma alive" (still not quite)

"still delivering a smile" -> "but delivering a smile" (less of a pause, somehow)

8 hoping for more flow, or more pointed stop-and-go (as the <~>-meister states)




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