the life in this day
the life in
this day
I feel,
much
as I have seen
a distant smudged
word
on the blackboard
through myopic
eyes.
it just is.
I don't have
to move closer to know.
A reasonable amount of squinting is proof enough.
So!
I am driving
along the rainsoaked route 148
and am passed by a cavalcade of dark motorcars
with headlights blazing
this string
of mourning is going the opposite way
I tell myself
that there is
life in this day
(fighting the urge to turn on my headlights).
by
Adrian Hoad-Reddick