Out in the Middle of Nowhere
Janet Kuypers
2/6/24
Never been here before,
driving across the United States on my own,
scanning the rolling Montana roads.
Right now, while driving my first car,
Montana doesn’t have a daytime speed limit.
But then I read a notice that said
that doesn’t mean you can speed,
per se,
because cops can still pull you over
if they think you are driving irresponsibly.
I love ambiguity in the law.
So, not seeing cars or cops
for miles on this Monday morning,
I decide, why not floor it,
and “responsibly” speed.
I don’t know how many miles
the speedometer went as high as it could,
redlining past the one hundred twenty-five mph mark
in this medium red Saturn SLI,
until,
I thought,
well,
that was something,
I guess,
so, I dropped the car speed
back down to ninety
out in the middle of nowhere
and went on my way.
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