Double parked
on a parallel highway
Broke down and hazy
on an alternate byway
I called out to God
Odin and Buddha
all i learn’d is
they all are much taller
Parallel parked in an
galactic spacepod
Where mustangs roam freely
if you promise to return
Floating far above any water
drinking only mud and mire
chasing fireflies in ditches
tangled cactus and barbwire
I’ll build up a lost slab
a hut of cow dung and roadkill
i’ll meditate on the lizards
and what for the return signal
Magnolias and hibiscus
it’s was sure nice to meet us
i’ll send live oak telegrams
with greetings from the forge
Nothing new about
Night trains
Bound for
Pointsward south
Nothing surprising
About you leaving
Just how
It all went down
I still keep
Not so smartly
Your kissing photo
On my stupid phone
What i thought
Was a seductive kiss
Was the start of
A long goodbye
I loved you
Unmercifully
And i suppose
that’s not my
only problem
You can erase my
Barrage of text messages
And delete me from your stream
But i know i’ll always haunt you
On all the days between
Your vacations to all-inclusives
New years at fancy bars
Can’t make up for my
True affections
Shown sleeping under
Desert stars
You will know how it feels
To be haunted by the kindest ghost
Nothing mysterious
Or creepy about me
I’m just the one you’ll miss the most
I’ve followed your directions
And recipes for lucid dreaming
Put the rocks in careful circles
Sprigs rounding the
Waxy candles burning
