Pinball

The one who could hold
back water plays pinball with
sardine traffic since
self-control behind the wheel
is division by zero.

Not exactly a wizard
like the band who sucks
at Cincinnati crowd control,
a live wire along
a curve for dead men.

Reviews

[Nobody.]

Pure smartass dynamite. BAM! Just puts the cards on the table, and dares you to answer. good stuff....as usual. You're a kick-a*s poetry factory.

[Teri B]

Someone a bad driver, here?

[Ed Hart]

you really make the words zing and ping while you rack up the points

[The Cobra Lounge]

Where I live at...we have a road called "dead man's curve", your poem made me think about this. Many died losing self-control on this road. Enigmatic are your words...but it created thought within me. Thank you for sharing.

[ghostofdawn]

'a live wire along
a curve for dead men.'

great ending. i can just imagine pinball in the traffic, that busy morning rush hour- your throats on the mirror cut, cashed and dried...