Hubcaps in the shiny showroom,
silver Eden flowers. Should I buy?
The steering wheel is like a stripper—
bumps and grinds as I watch
transfixed. Mr. jelly-doughnut
presses me to sign. Quickly. I can
drive it home tonight. Sold.
Just to shut him up. I leave
a perfect world for one with
dead deer by the road. No savior
to let me live forever among
bright models.
A stop sign.
A near collision.
About the author:
Kenneth Pobo’s manuscript called Trina and the Sky won Main Street Rag’s 2009 chapbook contest; they published it in December 2009. His new online chapbook, Fitting Parts, can be accessed at www.philistinepress.com.
