Brink

Deer, Red Top Mt. State Park (photo by Dar)

The Brink  

We are on the brink of anarchy 

Says the Asian woman on the car radio

Ten miles north of Red Top Mountain 

As the eighteen wheeler

Swerves in front of us 

As you laugh switching the radio

To a Lou Reed disc 

And Nico 

And the rusted metal deer perk

Up their ears in the park. 

 --Jack 2/'09