Tag Archives: drinking and driving

S W TRAINER: Vicodin

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Open eyes, fully alert, compliance shown.

Beer on my breath. Vicodin in my system.

Pulled over for purple turn signals. I correct in front of the officer.

The officer unaware. Passenger’s run impeded. Ticket given.

Blue awaits our departure.

Out of sight, I retrieve opened beer from door to calm.

Scott Trainer earned his BS at Ohio University in Adventure Recreation and his MFA at Ashland University in Creative Writing. He has been published in Ash and Bones Literary Magazine and writes articles somewhat consistently for watchfit.com. He also works with teenagers, taking them on adventure-oriented trips, and fights to instill efficacy in those left behind in society.

JIM PURDY: No More

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You see these small roadside memorials occasionally. This one was a white cross with silk flowers tattered by blowing rains, a frayed ribbon, a dog’s collar.

She was Abby. Her dog was Rex.

The drunk, just out of rehab, was leaving another bar, squinting woozily as I pulled the trigger.

Jim Purdy is a retired engineering manager who lives in Oregon and spends his day with his faithful dog who never gives him disparagement. She wags her tail as he reads her whatever he has just written.