“Goddess Knows” © Kelly Sauvage Moyer

 

Fatality

She checks her rear view mirror.
Souls she change lanes
She better check the side view
Mirrors,
But darn their filthy
And now it’s raining
So hard
And she is getting
Nervous.

Crash! Pow!
Airbags explode
Crushing her ribs
They feel brittle
And broken

Pain!
She almost passes out
But rights
Herself up,

And sirens
And swirling
Lights

Surround her

She passes out
Comes to

And a fireman
Breaks the glass
And cool
Wind

Lulls her
Into

Sudden death.

 

Rick Davis is a graduate of Northeastern Illinois University and Adler University. He worked in education and research. He is a songwriter-singer, artist and poet

Kelly Sauvage Moyer is an award-winning poet, photographer and fiber artist, who pursues her muse through New Orleans’s French Quarter. She is the author of four books, including Hushpuppy and Mother Pomegranate and Other Fairytales for Grown-Ups, both released by Nun Prophet Press. She is the editor of Failed Haiku.