Friday, May 15, 2020

An Abandoned Buick


behind the candy store.
Seats flipped to face each other,
windows spray painted black,
Hanukkah candles mounted
on armrests.

“Moms got me a pair of Timbos,
Stepdads bought me a leather trench,
and my aunt hooked me up
with a Gucci link!”

Eli—

He’s in the same pleather
jacket that he’s been sporting
for the past two years.

The gaping flaps
at the front of his Keds
make his feet
two hungry alligators.

And the bottoms of his Lee’s
show tell-tale rings
where the hem
has been let down.

Who’s he think he’s fooling?

Nobody got him shit.
Nobody got me shit.
And here we sit
in an abandoned car
on Christmas day.

Two without shit.
Shitless.
Merry Shitless
and
Happy—

No.


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