just do it<\/b><\/p>\n
i never came down to the city often so even though that one particular Ryan avoids main roads where possible without gps on my phone but the city is a ghost in more ways most disturbing & everywhere dozens & dozens just do it i never came down to the city often it\u2019s only a 90 minute drive but there never seemed a reason never felt at home surrounded by so much concrete & so many people so even though that one particular peccadillo has been…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":360,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,441],"tags":[4906,4535,5546,1552,5548,5547,2693,4954,4921],"class_list":["post-120033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-poetry-prompt-responses","tag-2022fullmarathon","tag-apocalypse","tag-city-streets","tag-dropped-the-sky","tag-ghost-town","tag-just-do-it","tag-shoes","tag-stella-speaking","tag-ya-verse-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120033"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120108,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120033\/revisions\/120108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nit\u2019s only a 90 minute drive
\nbut there never seemed a reason
\nnever felt at home surrounded
\n<\/span>by so much concrete & so many people<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>peccadillo has been resolved
\nslowdriving through is still
\n<\/span>ten times stranger than usual
\ncars have crashed everywhere into everything
\n<\/span>the road\u2019s blocked in large stretches
\nthen surprisingly clear for others<\/p>\n
\nusing suburban streets as much as he can
\ngently nudging now forever
\n<\/span>ownerless vehicles out the way
\ni\u2019ve said it before & i\u2019ll say it again
\nthank goodness for bullbars<\/i><\/p>\n
\ni have no idea how to get anywhere
\ni\u2019m not sure Ryan does either
\n<\/span>though i know he did appropriate
\nan old-fashioned street directory
\nfrom one of the farmhouses we\u2019d looted
\non the way down<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>than crashed cars & peopleless streets
\nat some point the power had either died
\n<\/span>or deliberately been disconnected
\nwhere there should be street lights
\n& lights in windows of homes & shops
\nnow just pale reflections
\n<\/span>of the nearly full moon<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>are the piles of clothing
\njeans & shirts & dresses
\n<\/span>blown into doorways
\nhandbags & backpacks
\n<\/span>dumped on footpaths<\/p>\n
\nof empty lifeless shoes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"