3/12/2016 0 Comments Three poems by Joan McNerneyAccident If only it had not rained the sky black and wet as we hurried across streets. Perhaps had he worn a light coat it would have been easier to spot. Maybe if the cab driver were not so tired, if headlights shone brighter. How many hundreds of things lead him to that corner. For instance staying late to check computer printouts. The cab driver had felt like going home at six but had a recent rent increase. Everything lead to the cab slipping along 3rd Avenue. Him in front of his office and then lunging out to avoid a puddle. There was no one to blame nothing to blame really not the rain or the dark coat not the dim lights nor the cab driver who would remember this always and sometimes blame himself. It was part of a series of events of time and place leading to this conclusion. An ambulance screamed down the avenue. His eyes wide open as he lay facing the black night. His time finished eyes opened as if staring at something quite different now. I planted my garden on the wrong side of moon forgetting tides of ocean lunar wax wane only madness was cultivated there underground tubular roots corpulent veins flowers called despair gave off a single fruit... I ate it my laughter becoming harsh my eyes grew oblique. "A" train brassy blue electric close eyes watch points like stars think now how insignificant compared to train speaking for itself stars known in no language burn shoot thru tiger's eyes brain in constant action reaction to what we do not know plans of distant stars galaxies floating as "A" train silver worm slides under big belly of city. About the author: Joan McNerney’s poetry has been included in numerous literary zines such as Camel Saloon, Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Blueline, Missing of the Birds, and included in Bright Hills Press, Kind of A Hurricane Press and Poppy Road Review anthologies. She has been nominated three times for Best of the Net.
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