--Never a long wait here,

but, you better get comfortable,

fix your sox and shoes.

cars pass us I try to sense the ride
the rhythm feel the pulse of traffic
cars drifting out from the backwater

surging toward the on-ramp
pulled north by a giant magnet
into the flow endlessly, endlessly

--Hello, I can take you to Salem,

up 101, but gotta make a small stop--2 weeks

at Mt. Shasta to see my kids.

--Shasta? Too far to go. We're

headed for Middle Way. How about

across the bridge to San Rafael?

Funky bus converted gypsy wagon
a ragged hole punched through the top
hums in the wind like a juice harp

--We'll get out here. Lots of snow

up at Shasta, watch out for ice

and keep on truckin'