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i burned a day 
with a worryless girl 
sun-poked and late for lunch 
we rode a silver car 
from yard to yard 
stepping around piles of 
otherpeople's things 
small nervous dogs 
shivering in messy garages 
musty blankets and 
video cassette recorders 
offered at every stop 
i bought a stuffed chewbacca 
and put him in the rear window 
to ward off unskilled drivers 
 my girl filled the back seat 
with orphaned gadgets 
and bottles of glitter 
and a george foreman grill 
(they are known to 
make good sandwiches) 
the sun slipped away 
so we rode the silver car 
to the dirty river 
and ate little pink balls 
of ice cream 
as the trees shook off 
an afternoon drizzle

yard pirates