Countdown

Eleven minutes

before you go

dark railroad

out of town

Ten minutes

You slick your hair

start walking

out the door

Nine minutes

I beg

make love

once more

before you go

Eight minutes

you shrug

and keep

on walking

seven minutes

run after you

you’re down

the block

footprints

on my back

Six minutes

grab

your shirt

rips

right off

leaving me

nothing

Five minutes

I catch up

to you

shove you

into road

Four minutes

speeding car

runs over you

Three minutes

on stretcher

Two minutes

at ER

one minute

dead

and

my clock

starts

once more.