30in30, Day 25: "Recall"

Recall

Mint gum mothballs motor oil Mop n Glo,
Vanilla Fields. Pine sap.
Body shops? Salted wounds,
hollow gut. Wood smoke?
Slightly sick.

Car horns cracking whips wind chimes,
wire hangers clanging. Old trucks idling,
particularly in wintertime.
Sun on snow? Blind with fear,
but early set? Sadness, tears.

Closets hide secrets;
darkness veils danger.
Do not turn on the box fan,
it steals away my ears.
Cover the clock;
the red numbers count up in blood.

Oh, oh God, absentee father,
come pay a visit, give me a present;
a one way ticket straight out of my mind. 

T.A.B. 4/25/13