First Names ~ #Poetry by @Tashtoo

You would have caught her
top of the tracks
train rolling by
wind in her hair
fumes on her mind

You would have caught him
dangling
hanging
laughing louder
than the train that rattled their teeth

Drunk on life
stoned on gas
pay no mind
as the numbness
takes over

Spray paint disaster
no one had dared
citizens on patrol
roll
with their flashlights

We run through the night
dodging headlights
snapping the necks of the woodland creatures
collateral damage

back of cruiser
tripped over own feet
though they looked much bigger

it was all worth it
now
years later
a testament to the first can
the first names
still stand


You don't get much call for graffiti in little towns like mine...unless your willing to make it yourself. Throwing this up for Meeting the Bar over at dVersePoets where Anna (aka @Chromatopia_LLC) has taken the stage.