I could take the highway.I take the long way past the school,past the house we almost bought,past the diner that closed in March.
I tell myself it's for the scenery.It is not for the scenery.I am just not readyto already be there.
The poet asked for: Is the ending too neat, or is neat allowed if the poem earns it?
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