by J. Archer Avary
she uses cruise-control
when she drives her almost-paid-off Jeep
on the interstate
pumping her fist along
to that mid-tempo alt-rock anthem
at top volume
from an old CD mix-tape
made just for her by an ex-boyfriend
the one she won’t forget
J. Archer Avary (he/him) is a former TV weatherman who ran out of sunny days. He’s the founder and EIC of Sledgehammer Lit and published his debut novella this summer. He lives in the Northeast of England with his wife.
