highway flowers

the highway flowers

along route 67 east

are the prettiest wildflowers

i've ever seen

periwinkle blues, 

shiny lemon yellows,

golden brown-eyed susans

and bright wispy queen anne's lace

daisies and bright orange day lilies

cat tails with all shades

of greens and browns 

sprinkle a patchwork spectrum

all the while,

high telephone wires

pull me

forward, faster, faster,

like a spaceship 

hurtling
horizontal
through a starry night sky

- the beauty whizzing by

© nan, 2015