the tar on this highway
looks like arabic
dripped for someone
high above
to read
cocktail dresses
hang in muddy fields
holding up power lines
son house hollers
slides a bottle
picks the notes
like a grandaddy spider
the ride feels still
for a second
like the road
is moving underneath
new batch of nannies
again alien
student on a bench
staring into the sky
writing in a notebook
lawnmower purr
the asshole w/ the poodle
the ranger's Ford Ranger
f feeding treats to lap dogs
clumps of dying grass
airblower
rocks
wait for me
asian woman w/ hotty legs
ruined by a butterfly tattoo
a white butterfly flits past
lighting on a tree
putting rocks in the trash can
cable grinds
then almost silence
cept for a beeping truck
& the robot voice from a bus
announcing the stop
bless you
same lady
as yesterday
casing the trash can
rock tossed into wah wah
fifteen yard dash
guy doin pushups
a femmy trainer nearby
training a bleached blonde butch
back to swings
a yellow, plastic castle
my mind mowing
my mind an airblower
my body a park
sand in the swing
warm, wooden bench
son on the stairs saying
bye bye
