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Powerless Behind The Wheel MAG
- So, there You are,
staring out through the windshield
the fire you put in your hair waning
and your blue-edge-of-the-sky eyes fading.
Lips closed,
you have become moth's breath.
You're driving on U.S. 20 in your red Ford Taurus
at three a.m. on a Friday morning,
compelled to drive the speed limit,
searching for what You only know
but your right signal's been blinking
for thousands of years.
Reach your hand out the window
and pull the wind in.
Stop the moon
and run things backwards.
Do something.
You're driving all alone
while Man is stealing your stars,
putting them in little glass tubes,
now they're light bulbs.
"Be fruitful and multiply"
doesn't mean what it used to.
The Byrds have more to say
than any of your prophets.
The last great mystery
is the square root of negative five.
Don't you understand?
God, we need you.
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