Bobby Vinton Boulevard
You can’t tell the difference
between the route numbers
and the speed limit.
Because every highway
in Houston, Texas
is a runaway truck ramp
where needlepoint queens
shake snow globes.
“Jangle Jingle
let’s mingle.”
A one-way ticket
to Biscuitville.
Riding Red Horses with Susan Rothenberg
Artist of wind
Desert her compass
eyelash drooping
for Cochise
As necessary and
ephemeral as that
I have no name
but try to keep up
with Susan’s scarlet horse
when it steps into a river
and floats
The Show Me State
A walk
through
Gabor Szabo’s
dreams.
A flock of tombstones.
Banana Republicans.
Whirlwind
in the distance.
Escaped
Ferris Wheel
rolling past
“Rent Me”
billboards
on a ghostly
Interstate.
Richard Peabody is a French toast addict and native Washingtonian. His new book of poetry, Guinness on the Quay, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2019.