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Drove along the 290 Highway,
on our way to Austin for Memorial Day -
A romantic weekend mini-break.

On the way there is Whataburger,
McDonalds, Sonic, Love's,
The occasional Subway.

There's also Kickapoo Road -
it shares a name I grew up with, back home.
Round Top, Benham, Chappell Hill.

These names I knew only by name,
Through the window of a car,
Across the highway's access road.

On the way there is Whataburger,
McDonalds, Sonic, Love's,
The occasional Subway.

I wonder whether there is an end to this interminable B-roll,
Is this all there is to my new "home"?
Then we stop and I get out of the car,
It's a Love's, with Taco Bell and Church's beside.

I stare at the soaring criss-crossing highways,
The sense that this is a big big country, great.
In confronting the fear I erase it.
I know there is a future waiting out there for me.

Still scared though.