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LATE SUMMER DRIVE

Gravel groans beneath my old truck tires
driving slowly down this remote road
dust plumes rise like double pyres
coating roadside weeds with a gray load

All is a faded worn out green
from thunderstorms and summer sun
but here and there some gold is seen
on poplar tops above duff's dun

I cross a bridge with thick wood floor
above a creek that's nearly dry
with autumn rains it soon shall roar
beneath a cooler wind swept sky

Then I pull to the road side
beneath a giant white oak tree
and pause to watch a red hawk glide
kind of wishing it was me

Next to appear, a humming bird
followed by a monarch butterfly
both to goldenrods are lured
which nod beside a ditch nearby

It's far too hot to leave my truck
so I crank up and head toward home
while hoping with a little luck
I'll next come here when wild bucks roam

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may be with smoother rhythm it would be even greater.Liked the rhyme scheme .
and I can relate to these special lines

 Then I pull to the road side
 beneath a giant white oak tree
 and pause to watch a red hawk glide
 kind of wishing it were me

thanks for sharing. 

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when too hot to stroll I record drives lol. This is pretty rough and hopefully I'll slowly work the kinks out..........stan

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