LOCKING THE SHED UP AT NIGHT

 by Shaun Grub 



Showing that you cared
   and aren't scared
of raving coyotes
     in a colossal Toyota

run gunning down
    a Honduran dirt road
cross lit in the head
    beams eyes glowing

red in the lamp lights
    cutting through swirled
dust settling slowly on
    accelerated mercies dragged

racing through my mind
     as the foot hit
the pedal to the metal
     shifting into gear

for tumblers to rotate
     into padlocks clicked
shut locking the shed
    up at night to keep

stray cats and fishers
     out of my head
proving you're not scared
        and you cared

for all the strays left
    stranded behind
in the crashing wake
   of the dream that I find

swirling and flowing
   to a stop around me
 ready to become still,
   turn into a new culture...