A Chapter of Chalked Animals

Original clutter surrounds,

breathing down my throat

frames of faces-

hand carved elephants-

and golden athletes

each resembling

a page-

a word-

a letter

laying in the stack

of an unbound

novel

unfinished

yet constantly

the story unfolds

racing

my fingers

along the freeway

reliving each

chapter

sliding over

puddles-

bumps-

ditches-

increasingly

fast

each defeated

speed stick

trembles, quakes

at the brink of its

breaking point

snapped

uncontrollable 

is the search

the desire

the drive

for the chapter 

of present

the shriek of rubber on concrete

the jolt

 halting-

surging

the passenger

meeting, skidding

with pavement

through a windowless front
only to be

welcomed by

the softness of emerald chalk-

kindred dust

arises

soothing drumming beats

inside ones chest

a masterpiece in waiting

a chapter

of chalked animals

anticipating

the stroke

of a gripped

lone, dry

green

instrument

begin to play

across the concreted

chapter