An Accident

Earwigs from the radio chew past wax to my brain.
Shush shush shush of wipers, 
the pasty wheeze of wet cold road cannot distract. 
So, my resolve sways left than right, drawing 
low back muscles tight, with each argument 
breath comes harder. Fists wave as fingers point. 
Suited, polished, brass balled men rise between 
the road and my eyes,
wail of perfected lies through perfect teeth bring down 
barrier after barrier as I am swallowed
in the wide slow maw of death’s valley.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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