Half A Mile From Lone Pine

Half a mile from Lone Pine, a thousand more to go,

  This lonesome old highway sure makes time go slow.

Crossed the hot Mojave and the High Sierra range,

  The scenery is different, but I still need a change.

Waitress at the truck stop said the road ahead is good,

  Said someday she’d take it, if only that she could.

Nuthin’s up ahead as down the road I roll,

  The place is just as empty as the bottom of my soul.

The sun that bakes the asphalt parches all the land,

  Mocking all the troubles that I don’t understand.

I chose this road myself, I don’t even need a map,

  Somewhere I might pull off if I hafta take a nap.

A solitary coyote is skulkin’ through the brush,

  Reminds me that I shouldn’t be in such a rush.

Livin’ in the moment, no plans and no hopes,

  Just some lost wayfarer, whose yet to learn the ropes.

This road just takes me on my sad and lonesome way,

  A dead skunk to tell me, it’s not a place to stay.

A half a mile from Lone Pine, there’s nuthin’ up ahead,

  Maybe I should have taken the Interstate instead.

LDT March 11, 2023

Lone Pine, California is 160 miles from the nearest freeway.

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