High Street

Driving home
'round midnight
on High Street
steady rain falls
putting a thick
shine on every
conceivable surface
the lane lines
barely visible

floating sensation
like a small fish
skimming along
the back of a
Killer Whale

neon lights from
Tee Jaye's create
a psychedelic slick
on the street
colors running together
over the washed windshield
puddles sending out
splashes of synesthesia

NPR's "Echoes"
on the dial
ambient music of
Tangerine Dream
flowing from the radio
like liquid sound

a pseudo-experience of
sensory-altering substances
striking the cortex.


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