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Ryan

I see a boy shade in bucket seats
parked at Walmart
sucking smoke through an apple

his bleached blond crew cut
disappears when he tilts to the right
when he hits and becomes

light                         blowing shotgun
                into my mouth
                                   coring

me at the lips
                          a ditch of

                                      summer corn
                          sticky Mountain Dew

I draw down to my toes
pull with the root of

our breath
                      yes

our breath
baked

in the tricked-out Civic
behind my eyes
                       caramelized

and peeling
out

 

 

LMGTFY

My bible isn’t saying anything
about Andy Warhol
or tobacco

but if Andy Warhol chewed tobacco

that would be it
for me.

 

 

image: Daniel Romo


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