Rx for Beltway Ennui
Take one of these:
Add your betrothed of near 25 years; Mix with a warm pre-spring evening (courtesy of DST)
Apply over two-lane, county blacktop:
Take as often as necessary. Caution – May Be Habit Forming…
– SJS
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