Jay Dillemuth, p.1



A PARISIAN MOBILE
                    for Ben Marcus

1. Departure

I left in a hurry of course
replacing sorrow with
regret.
          It's the only way
I know how to do things--end
each Sunday drive
with a fender mishap.

Why I can't even operate
a car without the assistance of
hospital professionals!
I drive like a nose
tackle, push my friends away.

It's not erotic. Inside a festival
of zones, it stings, hurts.