Questions Along the Road

was the road

dark and wet?

shouldn't you have

taken shelter amid a

stand of tall pine?

were you crossing the

road to go home to your

kind god or

were you thirsty for

your medicine swill?

tell us please

were you writing

a poem in your head

as the headlights flashed

on your dumb skull?

and how did you come so

far only to greet this

lull in good sense?

furthermore

why were you there

rather than in the drunk tank

you loved so well?

smile or blink to these and

stay still

or rise

up and tell us;

was this your

final will?



TS