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41 The Only Road I was coming off the mountain into the valley to get some gas in Keene when suddenly I saw that this was it. That there was no paradise beyond this mountain that doubles as sky and earth. I put the truck in neutral and glided for a while in the firmament. I hardly had to steer or think. I regarded the clouds as pages on which I had yet to write so much and nothing. The road descended like a long, black ribbon into the valley of Connecticut. I was going forth and coming back on the same long highway on which I’m still at the speed of light. I was leaving a trail of invisible tracks on the only road that leads to Keene and then Vermont. deNiord text-2.indd 41 11/10/10 10:40 AM ...

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