D E C E M B E R 1 9 9 0 ![]() THE ACCIDENTby Steven Cramer | |||||||||||||
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We wanted only to get home Where the heat rises to a sudden Dryness in the mouth: evidence Of marriage on our breath. On the Turnpike,
Snow whipped its spindrift against the windshield,
Time didn't stop, speed, or slow,
If our glances met, they witnessed nothing
The guardrail set us straight:
And turning over and over on the motel bed,
Copyright© 1992 by Steven Cramer. From The World Book: Poems (Copper Beech Press, 1992). All rights reserved. Used by permission. The Atlantic Monthly; December 1990; The Accident; Volume 266, No. 6; page 112. |
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