gasoline

i am a regular customer at all of the convenient stores

in my neighbourhood, including yours

i’d like to purchase things i cannot afford

i’d like to live on a street, in a community, in an era

where nobody has a need to lock their doors

i’d like to watch you eat many many apples green

till their cores shine and gleam

like broken teeth encased in ice

melting in a puddle of rainbow gasoline

just because he didnt kill you

doesnt mean he didnt end

your life