Cold Start Summer Heart

Shiftin thru 
passin lanes like a 
cut wheat avalanche

field dried 
road eyed 
and tasting bitter water 
on the underside of my tongue

nicotine urge rides along 
shotgun and waiting 
for some propane injection

an irreversible shadow crawls 
tired & twisting thru my mind

seasonal heatwave crashdown 
into th myopic frenzy of 
a 
nother 
city street

fade away 
into hot wire slipstream 
searchin fer th thirst of cracked sidewalks
under cool blue

quiet time 
snapshot 
fireweed 
rose water

catchin th free way w/ clenched teeth

searchin out th gutter sides 
cavalier impulse 
slow fade 
into underground 
band
width