PURSUING CHROME REFLECTIONS ON A DUSTY ROAD

The sun beat down intensely on the parched earth, kicking up specks of dust with every passing vehicle. The road stretched before me, an artery of cracked asphalt snaking through this arid expanse. I squinted, my eyes drawn to the sparkling reflections in a discarded chrome bumper, half-buried amongst the tumbleweeds. It was a fleeting moment of be