CRYING AUTOMOBILES

Eyes not closing

Or closing too much

Tears are a rainstorm

 

My asphalt cheeks

Absorb and inflate

 

After the storm

They are naked and moist

 

Jerking is my body

Convulsions of rib and lung

 

Brain is nowhere to be found

She deserted me

Back there when the road was dry

 

Now only wet gifts

Sacrifice themselves

Alone on the pavement

 

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