Embarking on a road trip
Going to eat some veggie burghers
My girlfriend will do hair wraps
For all of you berserkers
Going to cross Ohio
and Indiana borders
Sharing showers with our girlfriends
Against our parent’s orders
Road trips and red jello’s along
Road trips and red jello’s along
This is not the first road trip
Together we have taken
We avoid the donut shops
And our affinity with bacon
To enjoy the tie dye
And strips down by the seaside
Rainbow colours of balloons
And those with nitrous oxide
Road trips and red jello’s along
Road trips and red jello’s along
Take the real necessities
Things that cannot be forgotten
A rainbow from your briefcase
And a bowtie made of cotton
Everything else we need
We’ll find under the sun
The miracle of a vehicle
Some dancers and a drum
Road trips and red jello’s along
Road trips and red jello’s along
Gerald Arthur Moore is an adventurer, a part-time university lecturer, a high school teacher, and a rugby coach living in New Brunswick, Canada. NON-Publishing released his first book of poetry Shatter the Glass, Shards of Flame in 2018. His new book is Flak Jacket 2024.