i’m stranded in an automobile
some side road traveled years ago and
the weeds outside the car are taller than god
it’s summer and blistering heat
i sit in the front seat
massaging the greasy steering wheel
massaging the greasy steering wheel
as species of cricketanoisea
sing outside the windows in
seven point one cinema theatre sound
seven point one cinema theatre sound
there’s a pond called rileys
not much farther up this gravel road where
all the fish like to get drunk on the weekends
and i wish I had a cigarette
and i wish I had a cigarette
as i sit in the front seat waiting for jesus to mow
©2012, Walter Tupelo
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