Breakdown in the Fast Lane

by Howie Good

I broke down
on this road before,

clicking a dead flashlight
over and over,

as the surrounding darkness stirred,
suddenly full of plans.

  • About the author

    Howie Good, a journalism professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz, is the author of nine poetry chapbooks, most recently Visiting the Dead (2009) from Flutter Press.