Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Snap

On a train ride to the edge of never, never land

Snap,Pop

A conversation on the electronic verb blurs out
for all the uninterested to hear

Snap,Pop

Over the smooth roar of the transit wheels
Her jaws slammed into the chewy grump of sugary fruitiness

Snap, Pop

Snapping it,
popping it like
a sound made by a frozen lake
weakened by careless footsteps

Snap, Pop

I begged for a reprieve in the sounds of Bono screaming
“Let it go” and “Fade Away” from my ipod

Snap, Pop

Yet, I could still see her jaws running
the race to chew the gum into submission

Snap, Pop

Pounding away at it,

Snap, Pop

until I

Snap....

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