Wide High-beams

from Any Prior Self by State Forest

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“It’ll be a hot sticky summer for 3 to 5 days”
Read the ticker on the tv display.
The voice over the system:
“The 7:30 train to Kingston/Plymouth is now boarding on track eight”
As I collected my things, I almost went the wrong way.
I zoned out dwelling on useless things in my brain like,
Why cream colored plastic? Not white or grey?
It just reminds me of motel rooms’ nicotine stains

Seats of faux leather, I was cradled to sleep
But not long enough to get coherent dreams
Drifting in and out of consciousness, the images bleed
Sometimes they pick back up, but just as often they leave
As a passenger looks up from the opposite seat
A smirk in the corner of his mouth is receding
His head was silhouette against the blurring trees through the window
Nostalgia comes over me of wide high-beams

The train is stopping
“look at the station; it’s crumbling!”
Your nod in agreement is reaffirming

Mint colored glasses like an aerosol shade
Bubbling laughter starts to permeate in a a call from the backseat:
“Ive been bored as of late so I say let’s steer these hours like an ambulance chase!”
I had ‘total agreement’ written over my face.
“I appreciate how you communicate!”
And I want to believe what I felt here today
But doubt prints itself on me in a polaroid haze

I’ve been scared straight of the new decade’s blank slate
“This says we’re under an hour away,
lets appreciate the silken black the interstate”

Cyclical panic just grows as it grows
til’ you’re pulled down by only the weight of your clothes
“and I know, I know, it’s something that I should’ve known -
you shouldn’t lie to yourself at 27 years old!”
It stopped down-pouring outside. It’s still bitterly cold, and
I didn’t want to say “go ahead, I’ll get home”
but the tenor felt so different only hours ago
Now, tourists and students fill the courtyard below

“And of course I don’t mind - if its free then it’s alright
You’re welcome to join if you’re so inclined”
I’ve been coming up short, but I’ll try harder next time

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from Any Prior Self, released August 4, 2020

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