Bullet Train Riding
Bullet train riding
Shooting off 500 mph
Hardwired civilian-brand sniper rifle
Pill bottle stock
Stainless steel razor blade trigger
Knotted rope barrel
Sweet metallic mouthfeel
Bullet train riding
Doom clock reading 05:00
Pink-scented flesh-mended skeleton
Train conducting in front of a banged up mirror
There’s no drowning in rail-rivers
When I’ve become my own
Hemlock/Charon
Bullet train riding
500 steps away from home
Don’t know whether I’m picking up or dropping off
Self-aggrandizing expression of self-determination
Fantastic Final Fucking Fatal Freedom
Or the pitiful reality
Of sanctimonious self-defeat
Who’s driving this
Bullet train riding
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5/2021
[Also seen in ROADKILL AGORA]