What I Mean When I Say Truck Driver by Geffrey Davis

What I Mean When I Say Truck Driver

by Geffrey Davis

published in Revising the Storm (2014, BOA Editions)

During the last 50 miles back from haul & some months past my 15th birthday, my father fishes a stuffed polar bear from a Salvation Army gift-bin, labeled Boys: 6-10. I can almost see him approach the decision: cold, a little hungry, not enough

money in his pocket for coffee. He worries he might fall asleep behind the wheel as his giant, clumsy love for that small word—son—guides...