The map promised a shortcut through the ridge.
But the wooden post stood splintered and bare,
The warning sign long swallowed by the brush.
I followed the tire tracks into the limestone mouth,
Where the headlights died against a wall of damp stone,
And the humming engine finally fell silent.
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