Ross Bloomfield

A Reverse Accident

I'm on the sidewalk crying

Ambulances, fire trucks, police everywhere

They are all surrounding me

The car half its size as if King Kong tore it apart

Crunching of steel

Pieces of dangerous glass sleeping on the cement

CRASH

It's quiet as a library

Other people driving safely

I'm asleep in the backseat

My dad and I stopped at a red light




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