Morning Drive
In Frankford, a shovels sharp strike sparks and scrapes on sidewalk as encroaching grass is hacked back.
Texas bakes without a break for thirty some odd days and in the first state, the sun shoots straight up shining golden light on brown corn.
These four lanes used to be two running straight through Ellendale forest . Along this corridor I have seen signs for Spellman and a baby doll head, on a stick, in an empty field.
The country can be creepy but creepy is everywhere, I have seen it in all kinds if settings. Of course, creepy for me may not be the same yellow you see.
Leaving Goosebumps aside my mind turns to work, an hour away and almost finished.
The two of us tighten it up, in yellows we both see, which pleases me.
I am pushing passed the speed limit and thinking about staying out of trouble. Is that ironic? Is this ride iconic? Is jobsite poetry moronic? I don’t really care, there is creativity in the air and it smells like the Delaware wetlands.
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Hi Charlotte,
I started out to tell a story about sound. My van has no AC so my windows were open that morning riding through town. I passed the man with the shovel just in time for him to scrape back vigorously across the sidewalk with it. I wanted to describe that sound but missed the mark a bit I think. Then, before you know it, my train of thought was miles away…
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Interesting how it started out all about sound. For me, this was mostly color and smell. (Imagine smells, anyway. There are some marshes near here that also inspire when driving past, and when you said wetlands, it all turned olfactory for me :-)
It’s also amazing how much sharper and perceptive ones senses are in the early morning, generally…
Nice piece!
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Hi John,
It is really interesting just how fast our original intentions can get away from us.
There is something about the smell of a marsh land that is so immediate it cuts right through everything else. Is it how full of life they are? Does this smell embody creativity?
I love the mornings for exactly that reason.
Thanks for the compliment and for adding your thoughts.
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I reside in slower, lower Delaware with my wife and our furry family. I am a carpenter and a building project manager.






Can we see something a bit more colorful Barry? :-)