Space #15 Kenny Lane Knobloch 47
Truck Driver
Been drivin a truck for
near twenty years, at first
local but now almos all
long haul. Think of that
there Linda Ronstadt song,
"Willin," drivin from
Tucson to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonopah
Thas me, put that hammer
down and go. Anywhere
carry anythin that makes
a buck. Ya'll know what
you got to spend for gas
mulitpli all that for trucks
then you got maintnance
all kinds of haulin fees
thas why I live in a trailer
though I'm only home a
couple days a month.
Still, hell, I couldin do
no regular day job. Have
to be out on the road passin
them camels and watchin
out for ghost cars, them
unmarked cops. I waz
married once but she were
so lazy she wouldn’t work
in a pie factory as a taster.
I did better with my cat
Roadkill, took her on every
trip. She loved them disco
lights on top of the cab at
night. Didin need no Lot
Lizards, thas hookers at
truckstops; with Roadkill
aroun she waz plenti comfort
herself till she got pancaked
by some blind ass idiot outside
of Sioux Falls. If I get a new
cat will name her Grits, they
got this truck stop in Georgia
where the grits is so good
if you put them on top of your
head, your tongue would slap
your brains out tryin to get to em.
In the mornin I'm hauling a load
to Memphis. Maybe me and
Elvis can hang out at Graceland
down in the jungle room. Bet
that dude has stories to tell.