The storyline was thrilling, and I found myself eager to flip the pages. The conclusion was remarkable.

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  • Snow Flowers

    When I found snow flowers
    I'd been driving my stubborn head
    Around all night, around the same curves
    Between the same lines
    Through the owned land of America

    My phone, my music, on the seat
    I’d heard enough of no longer together, of takin' off out of town
    Of new hands playing on a dusty dress
    I was coffee-cooked and bored and disappointed
    Until the night finally gave up
    And I rolled past the press of snow flowers
    I became eighteen, driving
    Into a world that wanted me
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