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Hit and Run
It happens as quickly as it ends, a muffled slam and a splintering of cracks.
Night has fallen quickly, the dull glare of the streetlights hidden by the blinds.
I barely stir when it happens, only waking when footsteps race past my door.
“What’s happening?” I ask groggily, surveying the urgency of my parents.
My brother replies “A car crashed through our fence!”
With both excitemen...
Wednesday 22nd March 2023 11:33 pm
If Only
Miniature lilac tea-candles
in the bathroom, on the john
are symbols of the teardrops
from the bathtub, they burned on.
And that spray of ivy hanging
from the candelabra on the wall
with pictures of dark-brown oak leaves-
reflect you, & to me call.
Our Christmas tree is stripped now
without the tinsel and the balls--
lies naked by the hall door;
mist...
Tuesday 11th May 2021 5:33 am
Ghost Stakes
ghosts lurk around those crosses
there's a couple on Kinsman, you know
tucked in the roadside littered weeds
black craters of stolen memories
strewn with sooty plastic flowers
smeared with bygone tears
broken down old scarecrows
faded to the reckless speeders
that pass
like the one that stands
just below the dog-leg turn
off old 608 south, imagine
the anguish, the laments of loss,
t...
Friday 2nd April 2021 7:06 pm
Warhearts
Warhearts
A girl.
A guy.
Become one.
She works in the bar.
He drinks in the bar.
They leave in his car.
He drives.
She's his passenger.
Down dark roads they travel.
To where?
Not their normal route.
Venturing here or there.
Tits up from here.
Something went wrong.
His car left the road.
Down an embankment.
Upside down in ...
Monday 14th May 2012 7:01 pm
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