Long drive, listening to Eno
Sledding the opiate slopes
in a warm cocoon console
The insular solace
measured by the center line
mile markers
exit numbers memorized
A favored inn by unlit ramp
Ideal for surreptitious landings
Suites accommodating
for frenetically idle reflections
Anonymous at the liquor agent
Clerk eyes the Absolut
takes the money, smiles
Fuel for the ten hour oblivion
before the road beckons once more