angst cycle (iii) — [Ʃ] (vi)
there was an incident
must be a decade ago
driving north
i felt a strong desire
to take the longer route
i didn’t
i took the shorter road
and about a hundred miles up
passed through a small
cloud of smoke
i knew
when i did
i’d breathed
what i’d wanted to avoid
carcinogens
cancer creators
my lungs would burn
i feared
they didn’t
now tell me
why is this not
corrupted memory