wind fired snow veered at him
relentless
out of the overlap
of the cones of light
cast forward by the headlights
hypnotic demonic
his fingers gripped the steering wheel
willing the car to stay on the
virtually invisible country road
rimmed by dark trees
in a twisted black wilderness
the tendency to skid
intensified on icy curves
bridges
beside ditches
rock cuts
at crossroads that loomed up
enticingly empty
all that mattered
used to be getting somewhere
now anywhere now
anywhere
