the deer highway 

                    was a monument to the 

 two eyed staredown 

  amazingly, at the last second,
she backed up.

At the bar in Groveland 

                                        some joker asked for mac and cheese with 

a rib eye side

                                         we drank our beers 

and looked at the elk head on the wall

                  when we got back in the car 

 Seu Jorges version of Starman 

 from the Zissou soundtrack 

        was playing