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Description
every mile marker is a wake
of someone's fur, hair and bones:
the tar of blood paves new roads.

when the crow's laugh tolls,
roadside daisies nod in respect
as vultures overhead mark the dead.

whitetail deer turn passerby eyes,
nibbling on skeletons of friends and foes
while coyotes lurk in loblolly shadows.

the blood of an opposum bakes,
his sunday smile dead under summer skies:
virginia car hymns can't lift him high.

Description
every mile marker is a wake
of someone's fur, hair and bones:
the tar of blood paves new roads.

when the crow's laugh tolls,
roadside daisies nod in respect
as vultures overhead mark the dead.

whitetail deer turn passerby eyes,
nibbling on skeletons of friends and foes
while coyotes lurk in loblolly shadows.

the blood of an opposum bakes,
his sunday smile dead under summer skies:
virginia car hymns can't lift him high.