Jake's Flea Marketthe mouth on the horizon appears
the mouth on the horizon appearsto open wide as a yawn and full of fire
the highway appears to come
out of the mouth toward you
like a dawn long
and thin asphalt cigar
from behind the windshield of a car
the apparatus of an eye looks
up the highway into the blinding
brilliance in the mouth
sees the silhouette of you pull
its hind foot up off the asphalt
like it’d gained the weight
of a work boot sunk down
to the ankle in wet concrete
sees the silhouette set
it’s hind foot down on the asphalt
in front of it’s front foot
sees the silhouette turn thumb extended
the apparatus of the eye that sees you
transmits what it sees
into the wiring harness of a brain
the brain decides that you don’t appear
like an excuse it wants to hear
sends signals down arms into hands
the steering wheel’s turned slightly
and the car veers
into the farther lane and passes
you turn again toward the beginning
breath out of the mouth warms your face
the car appears to diminish
into the distance then melt
into the fire in the mouth
as the wide open mouth begins
to rise to float to drift
gradually up the sky
like a balloon filled with fire
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