I tried playing chicken once
You have to get the right person on the road
Someone who won't swerve.

Well now two cars are totalled
and the other one is dead
and tomorrow I'm going out for a drive.

the deli section of safeway

mix & match your meats.

I have the map ready
I have the weather ready
I have the car ready
You have the door open
Tell you to leave it open
Keep it open
For the spiders.

The Morning of the Fourth

i stayed up to listen to your smile
feel the grooves on the record player
with the seeking sun mirrored darkness
eyes closed eyes opened.
a steady lift and fall.

I'll try to drown out my voice with water
It seems these days
The words coming out of my mouth
Turn around and sting my throat
So shut me up
Please.

We're all crazy,
But I think I'm the insane one.
Send me off now.

After the fact

sleepy eyes open
blurry loves looking
the most tender of all grasses
brushes on your cheek
blinding softness in those pools
soon forget
the troubles

but they flood
and fill
when those sleepy eyes open
deserted land upon them
without grass
without cheek
without pools.

Forever