Long trips in the car on holiday when I was a kid had a familiar pattern.

Layby

A chicken sandwich appears from the front seat
I’m told it’s special, Marks and Sparks.
I think it tastes of petrol but I persevere.
The car occasionally wobbles from passing trucks.
Eat the sandwich. Get the snacks.
I don’t know how many hours in we are.
How many left. How far.
Walkman batteries running low. 
Eat the sandwich. Then we go.

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