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Were you ever out on a road
trip with friends at night;
A cold winter night
when frost was on the grass,
And you needed to pee
real bad from the beers you’d drank,
So you parked on a
deserted shoulder and stood behind the car,
Happy no headlights were
in sight as you unzip and sigh with relief,
Taking a deep breath of
the cold night air mingled with exhaust;
Sounds of the engine, loud
music, and that splashing sound?
Remember the
exhilarating feeling of cold air in your nostrils,
Sucked in through a
numb feeling nose with a hint of beer breath?
Do you remember?
Ernie Perkins and some
of our high school friends remember.
I still remember and
sometimes long for that feeling.
Though rare now in
older years and a warmer climate,
There are occasions, few
and far between, when it happens;
Perhaps in Oklahoma or
Kansas, out on a lonely road on a chilly night
I’ll stand there,
checking for headlights, shivering in the cold wind
And breathe in that
mixture of exhaust laden air through a numby nose
Listening to a deep toned
exhaust and loud music from the radio
Drifting back to a time
when Ernie and the boys were young
When the unknown road
stretched out ahead
And our hearts were
full of hope for hot rods, motorcycles and beer;
Always Beer!
