Riverfront Stadium - 1980

The fear getting caught in a jam.
Four out of ten cars carry a gun.
Clocks entrance the woman and man,
Forecasting how late they will run.

Four out of ten cars carry a gun.
Cabbies curse from behind glass,
Forecasting how late they will run.
Floating on empty, the Ford thirsts gas.

Cabbies curse from behind glass.
Smoggy heat expels through vents.
Floating on empty, the Ford thirsts gas.
Up ahead a Cadillac mourns her dents.

Smoggy heat expels through vents.
Overcome by monoxide and Manilow,
Up ahead a Cadillac mourns her dents
While a cop flies by, trailing a Camaro.
Overcome by monoxide and Manilow,
The sun pulls up behind the gray.
While a cop flies by, trailing a Camaro,
The blue consumes the haze of the parkway.

The sun pulls up behind the gray.
The woman and man get to work just in time.
The blue consumes the haze of the parkway
As they meet the meters and toss in dimes.

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Read Jay Martin’s work at the Life of One Broken Eye Blog.  It’s a new blog and it’s bare bones but the writing is raw and real.  To be honest, you can keep all the design shit and just give me good writing.  Jay’s got skills and it will be interesting to see what he does with his public forum.  I’ve added him to the blogroll for future reference.

Creative Commons License photo credit: Brent and MariLynn

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