June 10, Malibu Drive
Daryl Rogers
on the center line,
with one side of her face
pressed to the blacktop.
Three cruisers have their
red and blue lights going.
A cop in street clothes
is waving the gawkers on by.
The old woman's arms
are folded behind her back
like useless wings.
Several people are standing
over her. None touch.
It was a hot one today.
Maybe that got her.
There's no blood anywhere.
I get home later,
shower and change,
forgetting to mention
what I've seen
to my girlfriend.
It just slips my mind.

ISBN 1-882983-60-2
36 pages/$6