Because we all want to write more poems.
The Loneliest Road
Route 50 bisects Nevada like a cinch belt
or a coroner's cut
300 miles of sun-baked asphalt
most of it arrow straight
so monotonous, bends in the road are interesting
you really feel their pull
you look back where you came from
to see how the view's changed
stare at the new view opening ahead
how many painted center stripes
how many Botts' Dots
doubtless someone's counted—
out there somewhere between Austin
and Fallon there was a stillness once
like the primordial stillness
before the Big Bang
then someone had to go put a road through it
but a wisp of it still clings in places
- Benjamin Gorman's Shared Poems
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Neil McKay
September 30, 2012
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Funny you should post this...
My son is currently in Elko NV, heading via bicycle to Route 50 to ride east to Utah. He's gone from Bellingham Wa to Boise and then down to Elko. He told me that it was called the Loneliest Road.
Benjamin Gorman
September 30, 2012
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It is indeed called by that
It is indeed called by that name, though of course folks' opinions being what they are, there's been dispute since the designation was made by Life mag in 1986. I happened upon at least one long-distance bike train along 50 when I drove it in late July. They seemed to have good sag support. I sure hope it was.