Saturday, June 26, 2010

Confessions of a Troubled Youth


I stole a Cutlass Supreme when
I was sixteen, drove it to the coast,
torched it on the side of the highway.

I could feel the heat on my back
as I walked away, see the flames
as they rose higher into the night.

Why did I do it? You might ask.
Because no one asked me not to.



(C) 2010 James Eric Watkins

2 Comments:

Blogger Sassy said...

Did you roast marshmallows?

3:10 PM  
Blogger Sir James Eric Watkins said...

No. But that would have stunned the cops more by finding me there with my stick and a bag of marshmallows by my side and a sticky face, rather than finding what they did.

But, of course, this is merely fiction.

2:21 PM  

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