I've been here before
postponed.
reprieve rescinded.
Tried almost anything
cause I can't stand a sure thing,
wedding silver circle edges
make frayed friendship braces,
five will get you ten
remembering
dime store Peechee folders and discount sticker prices
metal spirals bite
dawn-colored smiles
on bargain hunters knees
rustle-busted pages of my notebook disease.
Tried almost anything
cause I can't stand pretending
razor blade lines make my forearm alarms
half-page tries and finger black stains
prick cursive edges to make great letter crashes
this country slide for another cop car chase
poor boy white knuckle opera and ditch bank fights
burning red and blue cop car lights
remembering
I've got time for believing
in the sweet hereafter but not before disaster
grape vine lines
and razor blade arms
stippled apple orchards make believe
sending beguiled believers heaved almond breeze
the dead and dying of bottleneck flies
torn on summer morning sunrise.
I know you've been here before,
poised and ready
drink in hand and thoughts a-many
around or about the good old days
people forget what made them pray
dreams pushed ahead of other dream plays
sketchy blankets in the backseat chapel
smelling of old Chevy super sport nova.
But I'm forgetting again.
you've only just begun
the descent
positioned bent
family
strangers in
awkward silences
Nowhere near spoken promises-
Been here before
postponed:
reprieve rescinded.
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