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A 25 Mile an Hour Slap to the ***

It feels like the right kind of leaving

Like the end of a movie

Late at night

And secretly

I wish we didn’t have a destination

 

With her in the front seat

Him and his boyfriend in the back

They sleep

To the elevator music of my generation

 

White noise wind

Adds static

Like cards in the spokes of a bike

All spades and hearts

In the blur they dig sometimes

 

How this feels right now

Is like riding a bicycle

And a man in a car slaps your ***

As the car drives by

 

It is how life pats you one the back

Good job

But keep going

This **** hurts sometimes

 

It is a 25 mile an hour slap to the ***

 

After everything

And all the places I could be right now

 

It is why I got us lost I think

In the need for no destination

 

But right here

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jon-tobias
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Oct 6, 2012
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