On the Autobahn, he drove behind an ancient black volkswagon
and flashed his lights.
The beetle scurried to the side.
We moved relentlessly on towards Munich.
_____There was snow on the banks of the highway,
and the dashboard webserver was receiving crude graphics.
On the 2" x 2" monitor,
_____a man and a woman lay side by side
on a fluffy offwhite rug.
The woman was drawn in more detail than the man was.
"They manipulated you," said the male.
"Don't you care?"

I looked out the window -
remembering the smell of wildfires burning along the roadside
_____in the shimmering heat near Shiprock, New Mexico.
Gunter _____ laid his hand on my thigh.

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