Man on the Overpass (2021; Poetry)
Oh, Man on the Overpass Cloaked in black, face sunken in your hood Eyes shielded by your brim, cigarette dangling from your fingertips You are a specter, a shadow behind the chain link fence I have a question I must ask: By what devices Do you find yourself gazing onto the highway? Is your soul in tatters, torn apart by loss? Is it a tremendous heartbreak that brings you to this precipe? Or perhaps it is a more subtle sadness A dull depression A funeral for the gutter your life is in Maybe it is a little more wistful Perhaps you are recalling your childhood with distant longing Or even reliving ancient memories in that very spot Yet, this all may not be so And you are not there by melancholy But by malice Are you a delinquent, poised to spit on the buzzing cars beneath? Might you toss your cancer stick onto the windshield of an unsuspecting driver? Worse yet, are you a psychopath Whose sick mind is excited to get its kicks? Is there a slab of rock by your feet You are ready to launch a...