The man and woman drove
for two days across a treeless expanse. The
horizon never moved as broken highway lines flicked under the wheels. Toward the end of the second day, they came
upon a small, dust ridden town.
Reading the town’s name
on a faded sign, the man grimaced. He immediately
swung the car off onto the side of the road.
A gust of wind swept a single tumbleweed across the road nearby.
“Something is wrong,” the
man said. “We should not be here.”
“I know,” the woman
responded. “You took a wrong turn two
days ago. I should have said something.”
The man drove into town
and fueled the car.
The man and woman drove back
across the treeless expanse for two days.
--Mitchell Hegman
Silence is golden they say but not unfortunately in this case.
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