joel preston west

Eighty-One Years

Daytrotter Feature
Sezio Feature on the Daytrotter Feature

Stubborn and vain
Or at least true to her ways
You get so used to having
What you want when
You want it
You will call for her and
You will demand her and
You will only get further away
Frustrated and powerless
Then all of a sudden
In a moment between moments
You’ll find yourself
Alone
In motion
In a borrowed car
Listening to this
Clare and the Reasons record
Through [...]

i would so i could
daysleep without a garment over my eyes
without feeling like i am blowing somebody else’s
coveted opportunities
wrap them tight
anchor them to the bumper of my old car
because as long as they stay the car will not be
going anywhere soon
cover my house
so the dogwalkers can walk past without
having to look at it and look [...]

engines. airplanes. dogs. power tools. radios. conversations. freeways. car alarms.
sometimes one. sometimes all.  never none.