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I Killed You Today

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I Killed You Today

by

Richard J Sereday Jr.

I killed you today,

but only once,

only for a second,

that's all it took.

Just one mistake

from you,

and a little help

from me.

The right lane

was not moving.

It was full.

Full of right turners.

The center lane

it was flying,

flying like a bird.

I was one of those birds.

And then you were

flying too.

So what kind of fool

crosses traffic only if

they can see that

no one is coming?

A live one.

And what kind of fool

would cross even if

they could not see,

see the thing that would

end their life.

A dead one.

Five tons of truck,

40 miles in an hour.

Two tons of car,

pulled right into the path.

No time to stop,

no time for anything,

but to die.

Physics, physics,

and life, then death.

So here I sit,

wondering why,

why you picked

this day to die,

and here I sit,

wondering why,

why you used me,

to help you die.

But don't thank me,

the memories of it,

I'm sure will be

all the thanks

I will ever need.

Day and night,

night and day,

till time ends,

because,

I killed you today.