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wiping away the evidence
by Ronan Barbour
last night
while it rained
I could hardly see out the windshield
of my car
as I drove along
I saw more of smeared finger marks
than the road in front of me

now
in preparation for a date
I just went in to my car with a paper towel
and rubbed out all the marks
that have been blurring my vision
and the last one
I saw
was on the passenger's side

a big heart shape
the woman I thought I would be marrying
drew thick with her finger

and I looked at it
and rubbed it away

what a mark she made
I'll never see it again

and the next woman
to travel at my side
will see only
the open road.
Jan. 2008
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