Poems in the wild #24

Poem #24 (Queen of diamonds) was released in The Known World bookstore in Ballarat. It's rather a lovely spot, and I found a BB book I didn't have! Everybody wins.

Brakes on for so long
we put it into neutral
turned the goddamn off.
"I'll walk up and see, if
you get moving, pull into Compton."
Thrumming in the wings of
hot metal buzzing on all sides
white lines like flypaper. I
JUMP
as the door opens
sweat beads on your lip.
"Middle aged men
on the phone
sitting on the curb.
Something's going on."
By the time our wheels creak on
the gutters are cleared.

This poem is inspired from a tweet by @foundpoems RT'd from @jessicaverdi: "Middle aged men on the phone sitting on the curb. Something's going on."