Three by Todd Moore

the back

seat of manny's
car where
sonny & i
are matching
quarters then
the car door
opens & torry
sez the fuck
are these
kids doing
here & manny
sez they
wanted to
see it from
the inside &
torry opens
the car door
yanks me
out by the
arm & sez no
goddam kids
in this car
you wanna
show it off
show it off
to get laid
torry shakes
me a couple
of times &
when i bang
into his shoul
der holster
he sez son
ofabitch no
body touches
me there

#

mitchell was

scrubbing his
hands when
tulsa sd
two worst
smells to
get off skin
are shit
& gasoline
there's a
third mitchell
sd looking
over his
shoulder
yeah what
is that
tulsa sd
blood
tulsa made
a face
sd i didn't
know it
had a smell
what's it
like mitchell
thought abt
it a couple of
of seconds
sd like
something
burnt

#

no one

knows
how dark
the wolf
is until
the night
begins to
move