On the Road,On the Roof

Looks like a storm
Deadliest dry storm.
Flat grey clouds
Like alley rats,
Rolling over me.
Sitting on my roof
Reading “On the Road”
Failing to absorb,
Vitamin D.
Now aware of the light
The silent strike,
Electric bolt.
You’re gone
Fried 
Died 
Reading Jack Kerouac.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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