You practice defensive driving Minimum safe distance You hold him at arm’s length Watching those moments Where you might race Fly past you in the wind Let the danger dissipate As though you don’t see it You hold back on the highway Lean into the curves of the road Slowly You push down the girl […]
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I don’t know about you, but for me, my summers growing up often included long, state-crossing road trips. So, when you find yourself confined between 4 doors while covering miles at a time, take solace in your midweek road trip hype. Happy driving, Germies! [8tracks url=”http://8tracks.com/germmagazine/midweek-hype-road-tripping” width=”300″ height=”300″ ]
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Slow in. Fast out. Just when you feel a little give driving around the turn, punch it. Too soon and you’ll spin out. Too late and you’ll lose time. The porridge has to be just right. My gut told me to turn right one afternoon. I listened. Slow in. I turned down a dark road […]
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Driving into the mountains is always remembering what I’d forgotten, the air filling in something that had been deflated, seeing them looming, heavy on all sides pressing down into me like I want. Touching you, the weight of you, body pressing into me, just like. I had wanted to be a city girl but I […]
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So you wanna drive, eh young Murray? Be patient. This is a lesson best learned now, before the car wreck that will nearly kill you. Just ease up on the throttle and relax. You’ve got a three-month coma to spell ya, and a year in a wheelchair. At sixteen, you think you aren’t fast enough […]
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