ambulancia

Ambulance

Shrieking on its mercy mission,

The white hysterical bully

Blows all things out of its way,

Cutting through the slack city

Like a knife through flesh.

People respect potential saviours

And immediately step aside,

Watching it pitch and scream ahead,

Ignoring the lights, breaking the rules,

Lurching on the crazy line

Between the living and the dead.

 

Brendan Kennelly

Done