10-27-2016, 04:10 AM
Sunlight shines through bare branches
and cuts eastward on narrow city streets, then
sets on the broad suburban boulevard.
He found a fiery death while driving
into the blinding glare and suddenly
crashing into a tree.
Cold autumn winds fan the flames.
In the ambulance: his body,
burned like a cigarette butt,
his head, cracked like an egg.
We scatter ashes on the dirt,
plant a new tree,
and October burns.
and cuts eastward on narrow city streets, then
sets on the broad suburban boulevard.
He found a fiery death while driving
into the blinding glare and suddenly
crashing into a tree.
Cold autumn winds fan the flames.
In the ambulance: his body,
burned like a cigarette butt,
his head, cracked like an egg.
We scatter ashes on the dirt,
plant a new tree,
and October burns.
If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.
"Or, if a poet writes a poem, then immediately commits suicide (as any decent poet should)..." -- Erthona
"Or, if a poet writes a poem, then immediately commits suicide (as any decent poet should)..." -- Erthona