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Landscape, Mid-Consequence by Colin Dodds

The oft-oppressive miracles of the combustion engine beckon from whiny highways of a degradation we must call fair An asymmetrical face appears in the exhaust drift between the taillight and license plate of an idling sedan What is meant to show is pre-failed presidents and glittering tragedies-waiting-to-happen The residue accumulates The aperture in danger of occlusion The substance mysterious Every night walking home I hear someone having the worst night of their life By the car dealerships, the sky opens up Supposed solutions flicker and flare from Gideon’s Bible to giddy-on out of town Try to look closer But the subterfuge that goes into seeing a face won’t necessarily relent

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Colin Dodds is a writer with several novels and books of poetry to his name. He lives in New York City, with his wife and daughter. You can find more of his work at thecolindodds.com.

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