PURSUING CHROME REFLECTIONS ON A DUSTY ROAD

The sun beat down intensely on the parched earth, kicking up motes of dust with every passing vehicle. The road stretched before me, an artery of cracked asphalt snaking through the vastness. I squinted, my eyes drawn to the sparkling reflections in a discarded chrome bumper, lodged amongst the tumbleweeds. It was a passing moment of beauty, an ech