surgically struck, radiator ripped,
license plate and lights loose in the street,
ripped chrome reflecting
skidding clouds, totaled by a woman
who could have been my mother,
birthing me breech
into brilliant blue,
beautiful day somehow saved.
Time is too long for those who grieve,
too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who love, time is eternity.*
*Henry Van Dyke via David La Flamme (It’s a Beautiful Day album)
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