Sometimes the potholes in life are literally potholes.
Creeping along each unmarked narrow lane shift of the dimly lit construction area along Flint River Road in Jonesboro, my car plummeted into the depths of an unseen crevice, jarring my senses and busting two tires and two rims.
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