July 2003  

Depression   © by   Bill Blackley
 

Hey, I'm coming back from depression.
I roar fast and heavy like a Ford Eldorado
down a country road two miles from town.

I erupt from the core of a burning volcano
to scorch and smoke the valley floor.
My road dust mounts to the sky.

Previously published in the North Carolina Poetry Society's
Pinesong: Awards 2003. Used with the poet's permission.
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