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"Rich Man's Car."

I want to get hit by a BMW.

I want to get hit by a Mercedes.

I want to get run over by a Porsche.

Something big.

I want to get smeared against the pavement

by a Cadillac Escalade.

I want to get hit by one of those big ********

who drag gasoline across the continent,

but I want the driver to be a manic psychopath.

I want him to stalk me on the sidewalk

and then run me over slowly.

He's not any coward, not like those bald patriarchal

Corvette drivers in polo shirts tucked into khakis.

No, he's a great fat man, a hairy beast with

a crooked stare that slows the pulse on impact.

I want the police to cringe or get scared interrogating him,

and haul his truck somewhere to be inspected.

I want the price of gas in nearby areas to go up

by at least fifteen cents for two weeks.

I want to get hit by a BMW.

I want to roll over the windshield,

and drag under the bottom for about ten yards.

I want to separate at the middle and leave organs on his

left side view mirror and hanging on his hood ornament.

I want to seep blood deep into his car,

and when he turns on his heat,

he'll smell my blood full blast in his face

burning.

I want to wreck the car inside and out.

I want to get hit by a car with a McCain sticker on the bumper.

I don't want to get hit by some middle class Ford or Honda,

or someone's shit-level Chevy or beat up jalopy.

I want to get hit by a BMW.

I want the driver to make his tires scream like banshees,

and leave four long streaks of rotten burned rubber on the asphalt.

I want him to step out in business attire, and gasp, inwardly.

I want to flip off the sky, because my aim is bad,

and call him a coward for hitting the brakes.

I want him to think,

"What did I do?

Is he Okay?

What am I going to do?

What if I lose my license?

How will I get to work?

How will I pay for this.

Does my insurance cover

vehicular manslaughter?

I'm not alone right?

I'll get through this.

I'll survive.

I'll just be another statistic.

That's all."

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Jun 15, 2014
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