It was dark in Oklahoma when the warning for my car battery came on. The lit symbol glowed orange, contrasting against the green glow of the dash giving my speed. I used my phone to thumb in a google search. I know little about cars and google gave me less.
Piece by piece my car’s electronics shut down. I lost the radio, the dash, and then my power steering and headlights. They cut out just as a semi passed me, the car barely under my control. I muscled the wheel to keep me off the big rig but still hurtling toward an exit. I coasted onto an off-ramp and was able to swing to the shoulder. I could see the makings of a tiny town maybe a quarter mile down the road. I stepped out and got to walking. The air was warm, the world black. A sign set in…
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