Skinny Dipping

shadows formed in white lines
on freeways going everywhere
custard red visions over bridges
in vast lakes, mini boats in sun
the inhaling forecast of life
exhales into final day on earth
dirty & sweaty another 14 hour day
blurred becomes any purpose
slave for a miniscule paycheck
to make a rich company richer
driver becomes a schizoid personality
delving deep into ones own mind
pulls truck over along freeway
where it says no parking
along a glistening lake
he wants to be on that boat
& its hot out, hot like inner hell
hot like a strangling blue collar
around tired of being nervous nelly neck tie
he strips naked inside truck
staring at sun glistening water
like a hallucination vision of heaven
oklahoma water on 100 degree day
driver climbs through bushes
leaves truck running
washes his body clean
for first time in weeks
baptizing himself again
in a lake he doesn’t need to name
those white lines pause
just long enough to feel new again