The Emotional Orphan

sound of
screeching
brakes
brakes break
me in two
two, three
carcrash
in the street
in my brain
BANG!!!
shot at
shot with points
sharpened points
made good points
gotten the point
never scored points
scored goals
scored dope
the 7th inning stretch
no score
scored my belt
with notches
like plain
planes red x’d
on my plane
crashed
in wartime
war
time
time in the streets
told stories
made up stories
wrote stories
heard and
repeated stories
told stories
repeated stories
heard and told
repeated stories
made up
street stories
in the streets
again
your involvement with me
isn’t hope or faith
it’s car-crash photography
accident reconstruction
morbid curiosity.
crime scene investigation.
thanks for tuning in.
and mine with you,
an accident waiting to happen.
it’s ambulance chasing
let’s do it again sometime