10 million clicks
Author: Desi
From: Sydney, Australia
Age: 14
Date: 18th Dec 2002, 5:31 PM
Rating: 5
Comment:
Title: 10 million clicks
I tear a hole in the smog with a worn-down ute, kicking up sprays of fine dust that float slowly back to earth.
I power back to the cattle station, the wheels squealing, pothole after pothole; they conduct a surreal chanson that repeats over and over, a continuous loop from a machine.
And I’m out of the city, and suddenly the air’s cleaner. more delicate, like Choux pastry fresh from the baker’s oven. As the sky turns a vivid orange and everything fades to black, the ute’s headlights whirr to life, showing me the way home.
The drought passed through here, and the only sign of past life is, ironically, a lifeless tree, it’s trunk just thinner than a cigar. It’s silhouette haunts the sky.
I drive through my station’s gate and all is quiet. The paint on my door has bubbled under the sun, and I try to ignore it.
I cook something that resembles food and slump in front of this typewriter. I look out my window and see darkness, but the dot of light in the distance reminds me that it’s not as lonely out here as I write it out to be.
And now I get it. It’s easy to forget what’s important. Living in the outback makes you realise that you’re alone, and people are alone to begin with.
My friend’s number is stuck on the wall, and the phone is in my hand.
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