DAMNED

Jennifer took me to

her magical place of

water & titanic wonder.

The water rushed beneath us

& threatened to break out at any minute

while we ran from strangers, spiders,

boredom, & our ever imminent demise.

We spoke of trains & ships & secrets hidden

beneath metallic skin.

We were dreaming together &

I always remember the train calling to us

as we ran from that place beneath

moonlighted leaf shadows &

a sky that was darker than the

death that awaits us.

© OCTOBER 19, 2000 By Jason Wright