stardays

"You ready to go?" It's with sodden hands and soaked-through boots that he climbs into the back of the faded old pickup.  Red paint's peeling off everywhere, but he barely cares.  Bullet holes and scattershot clusters show every few feet, but he still loves his ride.  Despite the shattered world and slightly shattered rear-view mirror, it still takes him places. He's got a gruff voice; his baritone erupts from his throat like gunfire or gravel across a chipped highway.  Torn rubber boots slosh in the highway's broken shoulder.  A burning wind catches his hair, runs through his stubble and down his open shirt.  Runoff from the road splashes