Angst Car Poems

My dad loved that car.
It was old and I was young.
I got a scratch one day.
I almost drove away.
With that old car.
But then he would...

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The pickup
ready to roll

stalls at the green light
shaking, smoking.

I am the driver
downwind. 

Beep beep…behind me,
beep beep…behind them.

The fog clears -
I see the middle child

like a...

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silver birch 
.. lining road
…. ghost trees
…. snow teeth
.. mighty throat
eerie lurch

gaping mouth
.. swallow cars
… white lines
… road signs
.. battle scars
deadly route
 
winding neck 
.....

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Four hours and counting,
Frustration is really begun mounting.

The sun is beating down,
Causing sweat to drip onto my perpetual frown.

People are getting out and talking,
I expect...

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Always great fun at an intersection
With only a four way stop
You start, he starts, it's him no it's me
Nose to nose, where's a cop

You glare,...

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The bar door is ajar only fading voices
echo into the void, from nowhere...and afar!

Here n there, trash drifts
ghosts in flickering neon 

Broken floating bloated 
dead...

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They tax your husband,
They tax your wife.
They tax your children,
Leave them with strife.

They tax the poor,
But never the rich.
Your taxes soar,
With flicks of a switch.

They...

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lonely dog
sitting by door
can sickness...

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As I sit in my car 
Reclined in my seat
Doors locked, lights dimmed
My four wheel retreat
Nestled in darkness
Just breathing for sound
I duck from their headlights
I...

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alone
in a crowded room 
people pass faces glance 
void they are… 
 
no thought to anyone's soul 
or ponderings of creation 
just shells walking in...

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I dream into tomorrow….
Because I can not see yesterday 
I lie awake ponder forever 
I see all that was and will be
If creation decrees 
I...

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Glowing gas station lights, bright
In the smooth endless night
The car rambles on
Down the desolate road
Many shadows have past 
Where the indigo black sky is filled
Stars...

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I DREAM OF LIGHTING DANCING IN A RED SKY.
BLACK CLOUDS
ACID RAIN
THE EARTH SWEEPS BEFORE ME
HORIZONS OF SILENT DESOLATIONS
A CHASM OF GREAT VOLUME BREAKS 
BEFORE MY...

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Born on a spring cyclone from Kansas' stormy rain,
awoken now in low growl, slowly reversing.,
down a low ramp, like a movie star rehearsing,
at new shore...

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Here I sit...
Behind steering wheel.
My back is numb
My head reels.
Cars pass me left and right
Ribbons of crimson taillights 
Leave traces behind my eye
Deep in my...

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