Your face froze its
way through that dirty yellow
light at the gas station
eating its way into my retina
and exploding in my soul.

i tried to kick you out
of the asphalt,
tearing the rubber off of my vans
in the half sunken pools in the parking lot
--I only wish to burn you off like a tick--

10/17/2006

Posted on 10/17/2006
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