Saturday, December 13, 2008

DEADLY BREAKFAST

Steel
at special pressures
can fold upon itself
like pancake batter on a smoky griddle.
Sound like
burnt toast chewed,
sugar spooned and stirred
into a fragile cup,
the pop and tear of
a many-egg omelet.
At two a.m. on a rainy Sunday highway
This can be a deadly breakfast.

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