red metal going

driving by the blue sky sea,
sun winking and twitching

on the skin of the abyss,
and me red metal going,

going, going where I believe
I must, hands working

the wheel, feet keeping
me steady, eyes glassed

in, returning,
returning, returning

to the raincloud-
coloured road

First published in Fast Fibres Poetry 11, August 2024

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