Clenched knuckles
On my steering wheel
A red light above me
A black pickup –
A wall before me
No injuries
But totaled
Radiator fluid spilled
But new brakes
Kept me alive
Emptying the car –
Flashbacks of a decade before.
Of a fatal accident –
Blood and brains on the seat
Powerful smells of fluids,
The lifebloods of the Accord.
Broken cassette covers
In my car
A parallel to his.
Bent plates another
Memories burnt
Into my mind.
(Raymond A. Foss)
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