The Cars on the Highway Stream

Rondel Supreme

Kennewick, Washington — Photo by Jonathan Potter ⓒ 2024

The cars on the highway stream
Like water and light in the old canal,
Like the memories of an old pal,
Like an escaping image from a dream.

Memories aren't always what they seem.
Recollections of some old gal —
Of cars in the highway stream
And water and light in the old canal —

Drinking coffee without cream
Are not what is and ever shall
Be without end. My name's not Al.
It'll come to you in a brilliant beam
As cars on the highway stream
Like water and light on the old canal.

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