Stories tagged with "traffic"
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headlights
“Tell me you love me,” my mother said calmly. Her voice was calm and her grip on the wheel of the car was firm. “Convince me,...
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Work?

Next to the name was a number. And a comment; I miss my baby girl, thx for letting me see her one last time…
I scribbled…
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Further From The Truth

I had waited for almost a week and a half.
Waiting, listening just trying to grasp a moment of some sort of truth in this tra… -
Canteen Kiss
He kisses me in the canteen, his tongue luminous and wet. The buzz of afternoon cicadas and fluorescent lights ringing in my …
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Traffic Stop
I wonder if my tires are up to this, he thought. _How much gas do I have? What was that rattle I heard the other day? Oh Go…
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Just Another Manic Monday

I woke up early as I did every morning since I started working, showered, shaved, dressed, a cup of coffee, being careful not…
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The Power of The Masons?
I was issued 5 tickets for passing a stopped school bus with absolutely no paper work on my ‘94 Acclaim. The officer was in a…
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Gridlock
I was just cruising along, fingers tapping on the steering wheel to the songs on the radio, when I come upon traffic stopped …
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One down

Every day he stands at the freeway entrance, squinting into the sun, back bent slightly, shoes worn through long ago. His sig…
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The only way to live
Nothing has moved for five minutes. You shift your hands on the wheel. It’s hard to remember where you usually put them when …
