'Tis Autumn

Dead Doll Eyes

Dolls positioned 

equidistant in a car

the exact size of Kansas,

a charity case.

Late-afternoon... eventide...

Four dolls positioned in terms of

disengagement,

each staring out its

personal window,

dead doll eyes scanning,

scanning for Japan,

as their car,

the exact size of Kansas,

a charity case,

barrels.

One dolls nods,

its eyes dull:

dead doll eyes.

Night envelopes.

A Mack truck, down the highway approaches,

its headlights eat

the road,

burn the stars...

Bloody Old Sun

Slants