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Field-Trip Summer

June 29, 2010
By DubiousDamsel BRONZE, Weddington, North Carolina
DubiousDamsel BRONZE, Weddington, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;They can&#039;t scare me if I scare them first.&quot; -- Lady Gaga<br /> <br /> &quot;I&#039;m not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I&#039;ve got.&quot; -- Kurt Cobain


The sun is always too bright, in Charleston
White blanket light
so that it glares off the faded highways;
the whole city is like a photograph
With the exposure
Too high.

It’s always too hot there
Stifling
as we pull up to the pump.
A collective groan as the car simmers down;
the engine’s vibrating snarl
Retreating.

The barely-cool spatter of air
Drifting from the little vents, lazy and
Sporadic
dies out, replaced
by the crushing heat of the South in July,
and the acid tang
Of gas-station air.



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on Jul. 23 2010 at 12:03 am
crubs33 DIAMOND, Lido Beach, New York
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&quot;The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.&quot;- Coco Chanel<br /> Life isn&#039;t about surviving the storm, it&#039;s about learning to dance in the rain.

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