She stands in
the middle of Highway 71
with her back to
oncoming traffic
one arm holds
plastic orange flag,
the other a cigarette
and a two way.
she don’t give a damn
about a redneck in a 4 x 4
the radio chirps
and she turns the stop sign to slow
and never turns around
Ray-Bans, sun burn,
faded baseball cap
today 71 is a one lane road
and she will make you stop.
About anthonyuplandpoetwatkins
https://www.goodreads.com/AnthonyUplandpoetWatkins
born
in Jackson, The United States
August 04, 1959
gender
male
website
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genre
Poetry, Historical Fiction
influences
James M. Lancaster, Brenda Black White, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, and Al Filreis
member since
March 2011
About this author
Publishers of Better than Starbucks: betterthanstarbucks.org
There is little about me that isn't already available at Facebook or Linkedin, or countless other places.
Poet, writer, construction worker, salesman, truck driver, climber into the attics of total strangers, father and husband, and all around one of the luckiest men on the planet.
My luck continued with a win in the June Goodreads Newsletter Contest! What an honor!
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Additional Influences: Bob Dylan, William Faulkner, Barbara Kingsolver, Gloria Naylor, Eudora Welty
Anthony Uplandpoet Watkins 