Just Passing Through...

Kurt Philip Behm

Your mountains and prairies are safe from me,

it’s only your roads I want

89 in Utah, 191 in Montana,

route 50 cutting Nevada in half

I’m not looking to stay or upset your order,

like New Yorkers and Californians do

I just want to ride to tomorrow and back

—the view and the memories my home

 

(Dewey Montana: September, 1996)

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 11th, 2021 20:22
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Comments2

  • L. B. Mek

    sadly, a lot of this I can't relate to
    but its poetry, makes me yearn to..
    thanks for sharing
    (sorry couldn't unfurl the colloquialisms
    my friend) my loss, of that I'm certain

  • Kurt Philip Behm

    The American West is being overrun by transplants from both coasts. They're
    trying to dictate their misguided political views on people that have ranched and
    farmed there for generations.

    I'm no threat. I just want to borrow their roads (view) for a while.

    Thanks

    Kurt



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