dregs

Twilight waned as the moonshine filled the sky and he didn’t mind a thing.

On his way to another place where the world could end and he’d know his fate.

Deep felt rhythms plagued the road as he drove along with a twisted grin.

Tires sang and the steel churned flames as the tailpipe dusted sooty wind

slowly sipping on cigarettes, fresh pack resting between the seats.

The nicotine and caffeine needles laced his blood and denied him sleep

clammy palms clutched the wheel with quivered limbs that could somehow last

The wheels kept humming and the stars flew by all over an earth that was falling fast

In the summer of 2002, I tried to drive off the edge of the world. It didn’t work, exactly. Markers denote stops.

View Larger Map

1. July 27th, 7:11 AM
2. July 28th, 8:31 AM - July 28th 12:15 AM
3. July 28th, 8:45 PM - July 29th 8:15 AM
4. July 29th, 7:30 PM - July 30th, 6:15 AM
5. July 31st, 11:15 PM - August 1st, 6:51 AM
6. August 1st, 3:18 PM - August 2nd, 8:25 AM
7. August 2nd, 11:18 PM - August 5th, 7:15 PM
8. August 6th, 3:15 AM - August 6th, 9:45 AM
9. August 6th, 7:15 PM - August 10th, 11:27 AM
10. August 11th, 4:45 PM - August 14th, 5:15 PM
11. August 15th, 5:12 AM - August 15th, 7:35 AM
12. August 16th, 8:32 PM - August 17th, 6:25 AM
13. August 17th, 7:45 PM - August 18th, 5:15 AM
14. August 19th, 12:45 AM - August 20th, 7:45 AM
15. August 21st, 5:15 PM

now baby if you’ve been wonderin
why i’m flaky and stubborn
and refuse to rub your neck,
why we don’t go walking or dancing
and when we talk i address your chest…

it’s not that you’re shallow
or mean or conceited
or that you’d stab me in the back
(even if you were or you did
i wouldn’t notice
cause i’m just not focused on that).

no it isn’t your body
and it isn’t the sex
it’s that when i get drunk
you kinda look like my ex
and if you didn’t know then at least now
you won’t have to guess

deep beneath the crust there is something that we need
to pacify desires and to amplify our dreams
dig a little deeper and see if you can see
how long before the well becomes as empty as can be

when we live in eden we have everything we need
but somewhere in the garden is an evil little seed
follow it to earth and receive all that we want
the only problem now is that there never is enough