28 hr (1,873.3 mi) via I-80 E

1.

My life in a box
at seventy miles an hour,
winter home recedes.

2.

Road signs like old friends,
markers of seasonal life,
one journey, two homes.

3.

Flatness, everywhere.
Time itself has leveled out —
Must be Nebraska.

4.

Semis pass like ships.
Cornfields and billboards fence the
World’s Biggest Truck Stop.

5.

Another podcast.
“Ohio,” GPS laughs —
nine hours to go.

6.

Road steams with insects,
even headlights feel soggy:
“welcome back, East Coast.”