Matthew Dunphy Poet I do not know?

About a Roadtrip (The Drinker's Suicide)

I want to make love
to a woman from the 60's
hold the small of her back.
and I want to introduce her 
to Eugene O'Neill.
that's what i'll do when I get back.
and I want to leave the water running.
I wouldn't turn it off anyway;
I'm only interested in the bottle.
i'll just take the bottle along.
I'm going to invest in hopelessness
and take a roadtrip.
a roadtrip without the proper provisions.
little baggage but the bottle,
riding shotgun with no seatbelt.
and here we go -
we're floating over some romantic cliff
the sea and the rocks, 
mouths open
God, it's spectacular
gravity does its' job
and I close my eyes.
becoming one with my steering wheel
diving headlong into the dashboard 
as it throws itself at me.

and then her head is leaned on my chest
lights on us,
and I'm holding the small of her back.

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