high school guys drive around...
up to the dairy queen for cheeseburger baskets and thick chocolate malts
go down streets where gorgeous girls at school live on
talk important teenage topics
air-conditioned (windows rolled down even in winter)
out to the edge of the lake on a sun day
stop at the park swings this cloudy late afternoon till evening
pull in for large size cherry slurpees at the local 7-eleven, "oh, thank heaven!"
turn up the radio real loud when a moving song comes on
honk at others drivin' around--especially if it's a group of girls
speed up the straight-a-way streets we know so well are safe and not policed
feel so free and easy and good to be young
peel off the tires in our parents' car for the thrill 'cause we can (it's their rubber)
slow down some on our neighborhood streets to wave and smile at kids playing street side
go by the high school on saturdays for some reason?
drive thru jack-in-the-box after classes for cheap tacos and root beer
down endless streets, doesn't matter, nowhere to go, really, except to be...
drivin' around
Followers
Hill Jr. High & BA Times
- Drivin' Around (February 2012)
- The Waiting Room (February 2012)
- Boots and Baton (January 2012)
- I Only Pretended to Be (November 2011)
- Lanewood Lads (October 2011)
- Steak Cutlets and Fish on Fridays (August 2011)
- A Hill Top Experience (July 2011)
- Senior English (July 2011)
- The Bryan Adams High School 1970 National Honors Orchestra (June 2011)
- sometimes (June 2011)
- Not That Type of Guy (June 2011)
- I Never Knew You (May 2011)
- It Was Love Field (November 2010)
- 1968 (July 2010)
- Travelogue: Austin, 1970 (July 2010)
- Waiting (June 2010)
- The Grateful Grad (May 2010)
- Eating Dates (March 2010)
- Not a Match (September 2009)
- OK, So I Was a Real Jerk (September 2009)
- Streets (August 2009)
- Sex Will Be the Death of You Yet (June 2009)
- pen pals (June 2009)
- Dennis the Menace (April 2009)
- Might Be a Squeeze, Maybe a Crush (March 2009)
- Shop (February 2009)
- Military Mike (February 2009)
- Dan Again (February 2009)
- "...the news today, oh boy." (February 2009)
- Respighi with Meatballs (February 2009)
- Eve's Ending (December 2008)
- When I Worked in the Movies (December 2008)
- Boys & Bikes (December 2008)
- Late Night Listening (September 2008)
- T.K. Fleming: A Memorial (July 2008)
- Tie One On (June 2008)
- AScent of Man (June 2008)
- Doing It Over Differently (May 2008)
- Moved by the Spirit (April 2008)
History / Travel
- The state of USS Nevada: December 7, 1941 (December 2011)
- Downtown Dallas After 37 Years (August 2011)
- Wanted: One Weekend in Paris (August 2011)
- Back to Bend (June 2011)
- White Lightning (October 2010)
- To the Top of Tejas (October 2010)
- I'd Head West (September 2010)
- The Tower (August 2010)
- Sons of the Sabre (August 2010)
- Bomber on the Mountain (August 2010)
- Retreat, Texas (July 2010)
- July (July 2010)
- Anahuac: Timeline (June 2010)
- A Capitol Idea! (June 2010)
- Freiderica (May 2010)
- Magical Motor Courts (April 2010)
- Fountains of Youth (December 2009)
- Fun at First Monday (August 2009)
- Oak Island: About One Year Later (July 2009)
- I Dreamt I'd Died and Gone to Disney (July 2009)
- The Mitchell (June 2009)
- Buena Vista (April 2009)
- Special Delivery (January 2009)
- Windmill Fan (January 2009)
- Some Cherokee Night (January 2009)
- Walking Cemeteries (December 2008)
- A Malt at the Hungry Moose (December 2008)
- Wind, Water, and Wildfire (November 2008)
- East Texas Reflections (October 2008)
- Being New Mexico (October 2008)
- No Hurry in Hubbard (July 2008 )
- High Way Westward (June 2008)
- Pacific Blue (June 2008)
- A Life in Ruins (May 2008)
- BIG BEND TRILOGY: Lost Mine (May 2008)
- BIG BEND TRILOGY: Out to the Chimneys (May 2008)
- BIG BEND TRILOGY: Desplobado (May 2008)
- Unlucky Lindbergh (April 2008)
Poure Poemes
- We Wait for a Word (March 2012)
- le chat elegant (February 2012)
- Sunday evening...with sonnet (January 2012)
- The Winter of Your Discontent (January 2012)
- Femme Chamomile (January 2012)
- Boots and Baton (January 2012)
- Sonnet (November 2011)
- Dogs Dream (October 2011)
- When Robins Remain (October 2011)
- Just (September 2011)
- What Will Be (August 2011)
- gone are gardenias (August 2011)
- a passion more powerful (August 2011)
- some lines said this sunday evening (July 2011)
- Necessary Loves, Necesary Losses (July 2011)
- We Only Wish to Love (May 2011)
- True (May 2011)
- sonnet 2 (December 2010)
- imprisoned passions (November 2010)
- serpent smiles (November 2010)
- unused lyrics (October 2010)
- Vol et le fait de Couler (October 2010)
- Mourning Pond (September 2010)
- redemption (September 2010)
- Faith lasts not as long...(September 2010)
- Haughty and Humble (August 2010)
- head ache (August 2010)
- longing and having (August 2010)
- Rock Wall (August 2010)
- The Dead Have No Doubt (July 2010)
- Chained Lady (July 2010)
- Things (June 2010)
- Spring's the Begin[ning] (April 2010)
- in amorata (April 2010)
- Strongheart (March 2010)
- inspire (November 2009)
- in and out (November 2009)
- give and take (November 2009)
- Mind, Body, and Soul (July 2009)
- dragons fly (June 2009)
- Alone Entry (April 2009)
- Redbud (March 2009)
- [empty] (December 2008)
- untitled (November 2008)
- Flight (November 2008)
- Fall (October 2008)
- Wombs to Tombs (July 2008)
- Mon Jolie Claire Elise (June 2008)
- The Broken-Down Boat (May 2008)
Flat Tires & Parakeets
- A Layman's Look at an Art Gallery (January 2012)
- Fruit Loops (January 2012)
- A Layman's Look at the Laws of Nature and Physics (January 2012)
- Some Less Romantic Similes to Avoid...(January 2012)
- Some Religious Items Dumped on eBay in Time for Christmas Giving (December 2011)
- Prologue to The Cranberry Tales (November 2011)
- Top Ten Reasons You Are Better Off Not Being at Walmart's Black Friday Tonight (November 2011)
- No Thanks! (November 2011)
- A Layman's Biblical Guide to Trick-or-Treating: Revised Expanded Version [REV] (October 2011)
- Some Other Bumper/Window Stickers We'd Like to See (August 2011)
- Observations of an Unemployed Husband (August 2011)
- What Becomes of Church Bulletins (July 2011)
- Additional Answers to Automobile Stickers (August 2010)
- Answers to Automobile Stickers (August 2010)
- closemindedness...(August 2010)
- Cars Make the Man (November 2009)
Prosey
- Had It Been Anyone But You (November 2010)
- Riding the Comet! (November 2010)
- Night After You (November 2010)
- Wish You Were Here (October 2010)
- River of Mercy, River of Grace (August 2010)
- Alpine Glory (August 2010)
- Like American Wine (June 2010)
- I Flew for the Finns (May 2010)
- scene from Gamblers and Cheaters (May 2010)
- Hank's in Heaven and All's Well Here in Hell on Earth (April 2010)
- Marilyn Don't Love Joe No Mo' (April 2009)
- A Way You'll Always Be (October 2008)
- The Last Wildcat in the West (August 2008)
- Dream Girl (June 2008)
About Me
- Gary
- Georgetown, Texas, United States
- Those who knew me when in high school, knew I played out my Rickenbacker with passion, if only in my mind and heart. Blue eyes have been about my only strongest asset. Secretly, I would rather be napping or fishing. I'm at my finest feeling when alone amid the beautiful desolation of Big Bend.
