my family hates clichés
to ensure we avoid them
the destination sucks
as much as the journey
through the car window I can see all four heads
though my parents want to get closer
I just want to go home
or back to Cody, Wyoming
where cowboys fight every noon (is high noon)
actors, but if you live like that
on that schedule year round
are you not a full-time cowboy?
this back seat is the wild west in a flask
not big enough
to ensure we avoid them
the destination sucks
as much as the journey
through the car window I can see all four heads
though my parents want to get closer
I just want to go home
or back to Cody, Wyoming
where cowboys fight every noon (is high noon)
actors, but if you live like that
on that schedule year round
are you not a full-time cowboy?
this back seat is the wild west in a flask
not big enough
Noah “Noah Farberman” Farberman is a Toronto writer and comedian. Noah has been published by Cypress, Rabid Oak, and Long Con. Currently Noah studies Creative Writing at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus.