Charles
Fishman
New
Car Blues
My
new car's in
the lot - did
I lock it? Did
I put in the
sun-shade?
Will
a truck block
it? or back
up too quickly and
smack it?
Is that
its horn sounding through
the night or
something darker that
needs to speak? Is
it parked too
close to the
trees? I
can almost
feel the cool
sap drip. And
what if a branch
slashes through
the glass and
the upholstery
is ripped?
What
if all
four tires
are slit? What
was that crash
- its hood
lifting and
slamming down?
And
what is that
loud insistent
clanking -
doors jimmied
off and
awkwardly dropped?
Is that
a horn sounding
in the night
or something
darker that
needs to speak?
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