www.bluetyger.ca main page Parking the Car by William J. Gibson
Issue 23 - in early September, 2003

In the darkness of the next driveway
the eyes of the cat stare at my headlights

then the tabby striped elastic band
explodes, blowing out the candles
of my headlights

as I shut them off
and turn off the ignition key

the cat crosses the street
in the dark grey of midnight

the engine cools
ticking like a confused watch

it is just like being at home
and being lost at the same frozen moment

all the same pattern of gray and white and black
like the wall paper of shapes I talked

my Mom into buying for me
when I was twelve

 



(May 2, 1995)
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