SEEKING CHROME REFLECTIONS ON A DUSTY ROAD

The sun beat down fiercely on the parched earth, kicking up specks of dust with every passing vehicle. The road stretched before me, an artery of cracked asphalt snaking here through the desolate landscape. I squinted, my eyes drawn to the sparkling reflections in a discarded chrome bumper, half-buried amongst the tumbleweeds. It was a transient mo