By chris
Date: 2004 May 08
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[[2004.05.08.15.15.11524]]

new mexico is a dry state even during the best of years

traded in each and every last one
of the shit
cds last week
speeding down the road now
to sonic youth
and guns n' roses
thinking mostly
of the one woman
who supposes
she can feel something for a
silk-shirt-and-givenchy-wearing
grown child
just divorced and going
through
a mid-life crisis
at least
ten years early
because getting things out
of the way
is my habit
these days

took the first walk
last night
in almost two months
up to the foothills
that always look snow-covered in
the dark
even in summer
one small step
for normalcy
and i see why i couldn't do
the simple things
for so long
like the strange
disturbing
dreams i have sometimes
that wake me up
two hours before
the alarm
and no
with nothing close
to love
or regret
but more like what happens when
you walk away from
a car crash
alive
but leave a part of
yourself
behind