I forget to turn the fan on before leaving for the evening

come home and

fall asleep late

into central/west/south Texas,

muggy and foreign; dry and familiar

and me 23

and me 24

and me 25

driving 25 minutes

driving 75 miles

“home”

from the rig night shift to a Holiday Inn Express in Seguin/Cotulla/Ft Stockton

a room on the 3rd floor

1st floor

2nd floor

Cereal for dinner

Gravy for breakfast

The American Dream and the amerikkkan dream unite with big daddy capitalism