Nine bucks
gets you a
paper
shower mat,
a clean, ruddy towel,
squirt of shampoo
small bar of soap,
to wash off
all that car and driving,
to scrub away
the last song
to come into Pendleton
that you sing out
to the business of mold
gathering in the grout
outside the stall
that’s just bigger than a trucker.
– Sean Flaherty