whale communion
and all the spirits that sip
the license, the grave, the sunglasses, the speeding car
we all drink from the fiesta of the sun
Novocaine aspirin run-ons bears
seemingly brave eyes in your headlights
glare back and kill you with their love
before they run over your heart
with the steel-toe boots
you gave to charity
a millennium ago.
will you come back and watch your own movie?