Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Overpass Confessions

 



Through watering eyes

the tunnel below

White lights in a streaking blur

Diesel fume's

Sweet perfume

Suddenly not so sure


The convictions brought you to this place

lose their momentum

in the face

of your sobering confrontation

Your mortality awaits


Surrendering all hope

yet still pray the end is painless

Like a fly on the windshield

because you couldn't buy the rope

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