Wednesday, January 16, 2013

IF THIS HONDA COULD TALK


the upholstery might give
away my secrets --
who I kissed and who I told.
rearview mirror saw a mouth
on my neck, a mouth on my ear,
my hand inching up a thigh,
saw us crying, saw us yelling
as some scenery rushed by,
someone leaping out
and slamming the door
on a dead end street
as I suck in a deep breath
of recycled air then
wipe down the windshield
and U-turn for the road home.

a cigarette dropped into
emergency-break crack
and I don’t smoke.
cheerios and paper dragons
smashed together in the back seat
and I don’t have kids.
short white hairs on every ass
as it rises through the doorway
and the dog is dead.

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