Asphalt Jungle

The metalic snake, so long and sleek
races along its trail
Predestined tracks it is cursed to follow
And follow it does,
beside roads riddled with mirage waters
Puddles that shine then flee
under the hot ember in the sky
The dusty ground tells sad stories to the sky
Hoping that it may conjure tears to fall
and wet its cracked skin
Black dried out piece of rubber
Once upon a time it helped a Chrysler travel this road
Till the rubber loss grip
and caused the whole journey to come to a halt,
leaving a well dressed man to wonder
and become a meal to the unforgiving wilderness
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Posted: Aug 2010

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Comments (9)

jeddah12
cheering nice and a good onecheers keep upcheers thumbs up
Happygolucky4u
blues Scared me I don't want to be a meal. Enjoyed reading the poem. It was interesting.teddybear
agoodguy2have
gritty and expressive, excellent. fill 'er up?
Redex
Agree with goodguy, your poems seem to always be tinged with the darker side of life. pull me up short at times, but thats a good poem I reckonteddybear
Earlgreytea
"become a meal to the unforgiving wilderness"

stark, raw, i liked it, thanks...
Ladybee42
oooh you write dark well and precisely
wine bouquet bouquet
caroljoyce
Stunning write about the concrete hell.
Gashly
brilliantly laid out. have you been to detroit recently? this should be on a billboard leading into and out of town. cheers
Blizza801
Thanks...if you cant tell I travel a lot lol...gives me time to write a lot though
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