was it the way the glass bent the light that made us want to bite our tongues and press the pedal to the floor? or was it something else – the words written in fog, the fingerprints, the look of the boy on the side of the road? a solemn phantom & still in the rear view & still walking toward us in the blood red break lights. are we not every carving in the tree? is he not calling us back to where the road curves? & for a moment you can’t tell if you’re the neon or the shards, if you’re flying or still just grinding your teeth.
















