Wide-Eyed At The Wheel: Another Lower-Case Poem

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sleep was in the backseat

wide-eyed was behind the wheel

wide-eyed had a full deck to deal

guilt and shame were hitchhiking

(they were drunk)

wide-eyed hit the brake

he put them in the trunk

memory, against a lamp post

gave wide-eyed

reason to boast

about yesterday

and all its yesters

with a voice that pesters

all that's important

with memory in

the glove compartment

wide-eyed parks at a bus station,

destiny's destination

without hesitation

(and quick on his feet)

he says goodbye to all,

finding sleep in the backseat

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PAUL OLIVERIO

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Footnotes

WOUND, WIRED AND WIDE-EYED

is the copyrighted property of LCSoL

Unlike the previous pages that were created

in the previous century, this poem

was created within the past ten minutes.

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