Photographing the Sunset on the Side of the Road by Jacy Zhang (22, Maryland)*

Salmon rays splash onto a canvas of vapor:
altostratus streaks roll along the horizon.
They ride the foaming crests of the aether--
but under my camera lens, they still.
The clouds blush for the LED screen.

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Beside me roll Doppler waves,
screaming at forty miles per hour.
Exhaust colors their steam,
but aiming to impress me, they brandish a beam of yellow--
Rosso corsa tails.

The sun closes for the day. The neon pink signs flicker out.
I shutter the camera. The lamps are glaring as they take me home.

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