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Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 115

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For today's prompt, write a poem about something you (or someone or something else) are dreading. An example would be writing a poem about an impending visit to the dentist or an upcoming test. Or it could even be the specter of bad traveling conditions for the holidays.

Here's my attempt:

"To grandmother's house"

Snow-covered guardrails and tracks spiraling
into the median from a two-lane Interstate
to a minivan that's no longer going anywhere.

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