#2 excessive heat watch until 11:00pm

i set deep the old love
asked the miles heavy and open
took leave east to buy matches
the highway horrifically immortal

i've hand enough to cut dry wood
though consciousness had an animal heat
i wake from a dark water dream which tastes of your bed
veiled with smoke hissing in your voice

motel brought low under rearviewed morning moon
the road by town gave my area form
our letters in the backseat gave name to song
war gave each space life

when you're near something you can't name
cut first and quick and true
there's always another body below the fire
if the wrong light can be trusted