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| Roadside Memorials |
The rest have all died riding shotgun or backseat
Driving, or steering.
Expiring not so much where one would expect—
Seven percent grade, switchback, sheer
drop to unfathomable glacial lake
from shoulderless two-lane. What?
Why, I remember white crosses. Cheap amphetamines—
fifteen bucks the hundred-lot—
now, unexplained, they line Treasure State straightaways.
An unconscious yawn.
A deer? Sprung from hiding? Caught.
Undimmed xenon blue photons.
An uncaring fawn.
A driver veering.
One final fatal overcorrected wheel-flick. Wrecked.
The Good News is that seemingly only Christians choose to die
on Montana highways—
Nary a Star of David nor Islamic moon. No elephantine Hindu deities. Buddhas? non!
An atheist could wipe out and no icon would mark the spot.
Dead Christians, on the other hand, are commemorated in sacred geometry.
One, driven into the earth north of Finley Point,
waves an American flag. Another, in the Swan Valley
on the way to Bigfork,
sprouted candy canes just before Christmas. Very festive.
Driving, or steering.
Expiring not so much where one would expect—
Seven percent grade, switchback, sheer
drop to unfathomable glacial lake
from shoulderless two-lane. What?
Why, I remember white crosses. Cheap amphetamines—
fifteen bucks the hundred-lot—
now, unexplained, they line Treasure State straightaways.
An unconscious yawn.
A deer? Sprung from hiding? Caught.
Undimmed xenon blue photons.
An uncaring fawn.
A driver veering.
One final fatal overcorrected wheel-flick. Wrecked.
The Good News is that seemingly only Christians choose to die
on Montana highways—
Nary a Star of David nor Islamic moon. No elephantine Hindu deities. Buddhas? non!
An atheist could wipe out and no icon would mark the spot.
Dead Christians, on the other hand, are commemorated in sacred geometry.
One, driven into the earth north of Finley Point,
waves an American flag. Another, in the Swan Valley
on the way to Bigfork,
sprouted candy canes just before Christmas. Very festive.
| by Sam Singleton |
| Montana Highway Death Cross (with Candy Canes) |
Brother Sam travel the count
now exceeds 200. Most are
plain white metal crosses.
Some are neglected and Sister
Singleton photographs Sister
Singleton photographs
roadside memorials as she and
Sister Singleton photographs
roadside memorials as she and
Brother Sam travel the count
now exceeds 200. Most are
plain white metal crosses.
Some are neglected and Sister
Singleton photographs Sister
roadside memorials as she and
Singleton photographs
roadside memorials as she and
roadside memorials as she and
Brother Sam travel the
Brother Sam travel the
highways and byways. The
highways and byways. The
count now exceeds 200. Most
are plain white metal crosses.
Some are neglected and
rusty. Others suggest
constant upkeep. Many are
lovingly decorated. So far,
we've come across only one
with an overtly secular icon in
place of a cross or a wreath.
They all represent actual loss.
Nobody is making a joke here.
now exceeds 200. Most are
plain white metal crosses.
Some are neglected and Sister
Singleton photographs Sister
Singleton photographs
roadside memorials as she and
Sister Singleton photographs
roadside memorials as she and
Brother Sam travel the count
now exceeds 200. Most are
plain white metal crosses.
Some are neglected and Sister
Singleton photographs Sister
roadside memorials as she and
Singleton photographs
roadside memorials as she and
roadside memorials as she and
Brother Sam travel the
Brother Sam travel the
highways and byways. The
highways and byways. The
count now exceeds 200. Most
are plain white metal crosses.
Some are neglected and
rusty. Others suggest
constant upkeep. Many are
lovingly decorated. So far,
we've come across only one
with an overtly secular icon in
place of a cross or a wreath.
They all represent actual loss.
Nobody is making a joke here.
Brother Sam is represented exclusively by
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