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A1A, shaded and smooth

Richard Harrison writes…

Richard Harrison Miami writes…

Richard Harrison Memphis writes…

Richard Harrison Nashville writes…

Richard Harrison thefeeling writes…

subtropical flora

“Old A1A”

Orange like a sun tan crete building with terra cotta

Your tree shade is like a pot of Fort Knox dollar ink spilled

I love a long ride down you

Nobody but me and the radio, Glycerine,

Don’t Speak, Jeremy, Sweet Home Alabama,

Let them all play, riding in silence, away in the mind,

in the strumming strings of the straight-holding players

in the famous bands

what a road! so smooth, like a berry smoothie,

presidents ride down it and think it beautiful too

the one percent ride down it, millionaires do, murderers too

Just look at Busted magazine at the 7/11

or don’t, you could look at the houses or something worth

a second of your invaluable time

yo Trump on the cover and an ex president yo