I’m driving my
El Ranchero handgrenade
into the everlasting
sunset which should be
the end of the story
I can see the credits roll
up into the bruised
pink haze
that never asks
never answers
above the ocean which is
full of water
as I downshift & light a cigarette
no seatbelt, bottle of Pacifico
held low out of sight
(it always seems like the
next to last go-round
even though I ask you to
lie to me & tell me it isn’t