He came down slowly,

Zombie-like.

Poured himself into the car,

Off they went…

On a road to nowhere,

Two-lanes of burning sun,

and melting asphalt,

She lit a cigarette,

and blew smoke into his face.

He turned pale,

Casper-like,

and stuck his head out the window.

Pissed off,

She turn the radio up loud,

And forced him to listen to the bass,

rattling around his head.

“Don’t ever drink.”

“Don’t ever drink like that again.”

“Don’t ever leave me.”

“Don’t ever leave me alone, again.”

He said nothing,

As sweat trickled down his chest,

and his eyes tried to find focus.

She slammed on the brakes,

He hit his head, breaking the windshield.

She drug him out of the car,

and fucked him,

With only the cactus to watch and witness.  

Poured bottles of water over each of them,

and got back in,

and got back on The Road.