Blue Toyota by Antony Owen

Last Monday,

in the slow red rivers of rush hour

a woman sawed stars for a woman

pulled her like a new-born from the wreckage

and sheep threw their arms out from windows

fondled her with androids saving her death.

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This morning,

at the unnamed island I thought of her

and lampposts hung like dead daffodils

flickered pink to grey, morse coding –

her name one last time to yellow tape;

hey look at the sky it has come undone.

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This evening,

I’ll film sunset over the hard shoulder

ping pong moon to heaven from Bedworth

and use my android to save myself –

for human nature is a burning Toyota

lit by robots on unnamed islands.

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