blue sky
obscured by clouds
crow's flight
© Rachel Green March 2024
iridescent, fanged, elevator
against the tarmac
a coil of iridescent oil
winds across a surface
scattered with diamonds.
Shattered glass bites the face and neck
of the cyclist mounted on the bonnet
metal twisted into the fanged semblance
of an art-nouveau crocodile.
Elevated legs
shattered from the knee down
frame the trauma of an uninjured driver;
he was doing thirty-five in a twenty zone
and the prison he faces
is nothing compared to the hell
this teenagers' parents will suffer.
© Rachel Green March 2024
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