Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Steering through a fog April 7, 2012

 

 

How far her spider legs take her,

I can only guess,

 she telling me she'd text me

 when she gets there,

 wherever there is,

I believe her,

 already mesmerized,

hypnotized,

this stuff percolating in my blood,

 fogging up my eyes

like a car's windshield in a heavy rain.

I can see only the vague destination

of something pleasant,

yet not in detail to know

 if or when or how to put

on the brakes,

guided only by the dim glow

 of her rear headlights,

 red, not bright, full of hope and yet...

I'm scared,

not quite in control of the car I'm steering,

 only desperate to follow,

we meeting at some bar for a meal –

and a I drink I don't need.

 I am already drunk on her,

waiting for her text to drive me home.


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