Roadkilled

[Dateline: Well 36, Canning Stock Route,
Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia,
4.26pm, 2/08/07]

By Adam Gibson ©

the crunch of
sinew and bone and flesh
as we smashed that bullock
with the cold hammer of bullbar
and legs and ribs and head
thumped under the wheels
on my side;
that last flash of life
to live with me now forever
as i,
now forever complicit in murder,
live on.

Concurrent

[Dateline: Well 36, Canning Stock Route,
Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia,
4.21pm, 2/08/07]

By Adam Gibson ©

dead clumpfs of long grass,
creme yellow,
wheat pink,
leans over to
touch red sand
with burgundy shades
of dark orange and
scrapes its head in the sand,
pushed by wind in
specific grid arc but
disturbed by nothing else
for as long as
it and time
exist
concurrently