Some words for the week

all the roads are already built

I drive their switchbacks

and hit their potholes

I move over the ground

in the way that has been paved

for me to pass though

and wonder why

each curve was chosen

as opposed to another

there are so many paths

that these highways

could have taken

there were so many

better routes

with fewer trees cut down

fewer hillsides dynamited

with easier grades

better views

wider lanes

but someone young like me

had no say

in how this country

was conquered and cut up

and all the roads

are already built

and I don’t see

any new ones being made

not until these old roads

are broken into dust

but today

I’ve still got to go to work

so I drive down the mountain

like everybody else

Alexander Shalom Joseph is a writer from Gilpin County. He is a published author. For more information and to subscribe to Alexander’s Newsletter go to alexandershalomjoseph.com