My father called crying,
witnessed a man crossing highway I-80
get smashed by an SUV.
I have no answer.
Dad was the first responder,
"Eyes up to the sky, nothing, nope, gone.
Dan I, there was all this blood
and his eyes were wide open..."
The SUV driver went home someone else,
two deaths that day,
"He had to be drunk, or or high out of his mind, or, because
why would he do that? Nobody just just walks out like that, he
must have been drunk, who does that?
I can't bring myself to say it,
couldn't suggest it,
how to do that smoothly?
Set it up with a deep breath then-
Jan 20, 2020
Jan 20, 2020 at 2:20 AM UTC
My father called crying,
witnessed a man crossing highway I-80
get smashed by an SUV.
I have no answer.
Dad was the first responder,
"Eyes up to the sky, nothing, nope, gone.
Dan I, there was all this blood
and his eyes were wide open..."
The SUV driver went home someone else,
two deaths that day,
"He had to be drunk, or or high out of his mind, or, because
why would he do that? Nobody just just walks out like that, he
must have been drunk, who does that?
I can't bring myself to say it,
couldn't suggest it,
how to do that smoothly?
Set it up with a deep breath then-
Daniel Magner 2020
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