final poem



The old motor is silent
& battery drained

Me spark plugs haf corroded
& chasis needs a change

This vehicle has cum to a standstill
in a place no vehicle should be

On the windshield
a marker states:


No-parking

As a truck hauls away
the junk of this body

The light blue
1955 Buick Century convertible
I identified with
ceases to mean

Ron: So this is how we end up - on a trash heap?
Ram: Essentially. Feels weird to know that we are living on top of a mountain of bones, eh?
Ron: I guess we have to make peace with our own skeletons. Sometimes that's not easy.
Lex: Thank the skeletons of the past for allowing you to experience this moment.
Once you have a sense of gratitude, peace is effortless.

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