gravel drive dust mingles with sunlight
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The dash says -10°, please refuel,
but the squirrel merely laughs~
her paws grip the wheel,
a trail of acorn shells
spitting from the tailpipe.
The wind is a dentist’s drill
through her fur, but
she’s got style,
she’s got nuts,
she’s got a convertible.
The trees watch in dismay~
Look at that idiot!*
The squirrel grins back,
tossing a half-eaten walnut
at winter’s face.
Let the humans huddle.
She’s got the heater cranked
to glory,
and the radio tuned to
KNUTS105 FM.
headlights display kids
playing in traffic happy
features G then R
A shopping mall resides where the drive-in theatre used to be
After a long week of school excitement builds for the movie we are going to see
My girlfriend awaits my arrival out on the grass
Trying to spare me from another lecture from her dad happy to pass
The gates open the big screen awaits
Feature film a love story surely to impress my date
Exiting the car into the cold night air
I return with an assortment of goodies for us to share
Horns start honking the speaker starts to vibrate
Trumpeting a night of fun I can hardly wait
Let the show begin as our bodies slide closer together
Another great night at the movies sure to remember
I knew you well many years ago
So full of passion
A cathedral where multitudes
Of lusting souls gathered
I watched intently at the images
You allowed me to see
Such a majestic creature
Towering high into the darkened sky
You gathered the light from a million stars
To power my imagination
A haven for teenage love
Your warm summer breezes caressed my heart
You showed me laughter, joy, love and sadness
I was your legacy, and I worshipped you
Time faded my memories
Progress devoured your simplicity
I lost youthful desires, hopes, and dreams
Replaced them with responsibilities, anxiety and conformity
I left you to die alone
Discarded like an animal’s carcass on the side of the road
Rotting in the rain and sun
Slabs of your silver skin decayed
Fallen to the ground to reveal the bones beneath
Tree limbs from the encroaching woods
Stick their boney fingers through the gouges
Like demons trying to pull free
From their eternal darkness
Nature is reclaiming you…
There is no one left to care
lover's lane express
bareback seat bronco busters
rodeo for two
Like at a drive-in theatre
they arrive around dusk
cloaking speed-of-light vehicles
within the musk of the horizon.
Watching us from a distance
telepathically tuning into any channel
to any place on our planet.
oum-comedy
oum-drama
oum-romance
oum-mystery
oum-war
oum-tragedy,,,
oum-horror
oum-terror...
lately there's been only one channel...
the charades at the masquerade ball channel
The aliens did a cost-benefit analysis
had us all figured out in a short time
and figured we weren't worth the risk
so they grew restless and lost interest
in our endless greed-lies and wars...
so they zipped off to another galaxy
for refreshments and entertainment
with the possibility of a takeover...
oum
oum
There is a stack of books over there
One has information that could change your life if you care
Then have your collegiate book fair
And in the end you will end up with a scare
You will find out about your descendents past
On that seventies stage of academics with flasks
Oh my you lovely book warm
Your attitude will turn
If you are obsessed with these pages
At your intellectual ages
A witch will invade your space
And you may have to built your case
Why oh why are these younglings destined to die
Watch Mark of the Witch
that has Ivy Leaguers who all they do is .
Marc
Last night I dreamed I was weeding my vegetable garden in the Drive-in theater, while people wandered back and forth from snack bar to their cars.
While pulling weeds, I saw a banana slug and was about to squish it when I realized it had legs. It was an eight foot monitor lizard! I chased it around the grounds and finally caught it and put it in the car. Then I went back to my garden to see if that huge tiger salamander was still there. It was!
I decided to go home with the monitor and the salamander when I realized, oh no, my little dog Daigoro was in the car! I got all frightened the monitor ate him, but he was perfectly all right. The rest of the dream was trying to drive home with Daigoro under one arm so the monitor wouldn't get him.
There'll be no Valentine treats
Fancy chocolate to see
No roses in a clear vase
Just a meal on wheels
Written: January 17, 2017
Entered into Francine's contest
7,7,7,5 syllables..
Pale blue and pink hooded tumbleweeds
Roll down the concrete corridor
Orange sodium vapor half lights
Half lit yellow tagged parking lot
Illuminated fake plastic trees all in a row
While acetylene fires stroke an ultramarine sky
Under stars
Corner homeless stumps and slumps and dumps
Warmed by desolation desert asphalt steam pumps
Electronic red laser reader
Smiling chain link razor wire jerk off greeter
“How are you today, Mr. Jones?”
A Drive In Disguise
Kiara Lebel
Beyond successful
A mind full of redemption
And positive vibes
Now I’m in deep pensive thought
For both of us to be dead
carry you a tune I have to bring my bucket ice but what the Eh
Effortless you find
Know
Love
Lord
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