after 8

driving around back and forth

on the highway just to watch

the sunset in an open sky

should have brought a camera

driving is hard enough

after 8 is enough as well

as anyone could ask for

no one knows the outcome

some wait patiently others pace

drive smoke and bite a nail or two

but after 8 it gets silly

to be standing he sits on the floor

driving home or somewhere

else that quick
stung like a finger

caught in the car door

30 seconds and blue

when he asks the professional

when the war will be over

don’t wait do it now

whatever it is make it now

no other words necessary

the war is inevitably perpetual

unless the people stand strong

and carry a big stick

stung with thought

day after day

looking into the stinger dripping

with magic inspiration

the backyard bares fruit

for the awaiting lungs

stung with compassion

don’t remember when it happened

sometime after 8…