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0 posted 2021-03-24 11:45 PM


the bars
are closed

I am
too sober

the snow
spits
against my windshield

the brittle woman
in the passenger seat
who spewed
fleshy fantasies
now sleeps
like a drooling
mannequin

the dashboard clock
is useless –
it has never been
this late

and for the night
to be this dark,
two suns
would have to set



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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666
California
1 posted 2021-03-26 08:33 AM


Sober driving is a good thing...even if you notice all those little things that drive you mad.  Great imagery.
jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
2 posted 2021-03-27 11:05 PM


Right you are, my friend.  You should be drunk by now -  at least feeling good, but, chagrin, you somehow missed the boat. You had me smiling, sympathetically,  at the first line.

Loved this - one of the best I've read by you.

jimmy

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