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 Interstate 95. South Carolina. October 2010.

Ballantyne Hotel. Charlotte, North Carolina. October 2010.

The highway offers a freedom unlike others - 

windows down, stereo up, rest-stop beef jerky

rebellious cigarettes in the brand new rental car

you fly through the southern wilds, the forests of exotic billboards

discount explosives, alligators in glass tanks, peaches and pies

it's never enough

this hotel is an island and you walk its corridors silently

you order food and stare out the window at a deserted golf course

you wait for someone to call no one does

somehow even the bathroom seems perfectly symmetrical

tomorrow you'll be gone