Thrown From A Rooftop Downtown

Like someone dropping a neon ice cube into a
virgin bloody mary
& the streetlights snap on all at the same time
a virgin bloody mary is a bloody shame
I’m offering you 20 miles of empty pavement
Ralph Ellison in camouflage coveralls
a single fin balsawood toothpick surfboard
& my love,
                              for what it’s worth,
              after you take that step
                                                & the next,
                              I mean the one after the last
where you’re still waiting for the rescue mission
that never got the call
              & the sky seizes up the way your heart does