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Maybe, I’ll get It Right

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Thank you for stopping by. I just posted a new long video reading from Aluminum Cowboys along with a few gritty vignettes I wrote recently. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/QzS2hIl5HOU Check out my book, Aluminum Cowboys: Poems and Short Stories, and my other recently published books on Amazon.

 

She carried his cards and letters,
bundled with a rubber band,
in her yellow raincoat.

He stood on the motel roof,
watching the freeway paint the night,
headlights begging the question,
Will I ever get it right?

She mumbles from below.
Depends if you take the right exit
and feed that mutt that you’ve been ignoring.

She chuckled, fragile as exotic china.
He wanted to catch that laugh,
eat it,
and let it nourish him.

He traced the lines of his face
in a rain puddle,
dreaming of mountains that needed climbed,
thinking maybe
he could fix one fucking thing
before the sun went down.

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    8 COMMENTS

    1. What I love about this is the double reflection. The reflection of the writer and the reflection of lights on the freeway. They blend beautifully into something very deep and human

    2. I think this is probably my most favouwritest of your little masterpieces to date Thomas .. actually, I’m pretty sure its write up there near the summit .. Neville

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