The smooth, clean guitar floats out of the speakers,
Out of the open windows, and through the night
Air. It crosses the street, making its way to
Quiet and empty storefronts, abandoned for the night.
Two in the morning is usually pretty empty.
When you can't see any other cars out, it's easy
To assume there aren't any at all. But when we just
Missed that blue Scion, so close I could see
Her eyes and her mouth wide open,
You'd think that would be a reminder that those
Red octagons read STOP.
You even told me that. “Just because you're
Mad at me is no reason to ignore the law.”
But I didn't need advice from you, no passenger
Seat driving allowed. And neither of us
Saw the black Expedition as it exercised its right of way.
And I was the only one to see it afterward.