Dashboard man II: The Accident

dashboard man rides again
"into the wild unknown country where I
could not go wrong" he sings

these windows could use a wash, he thinks
out loud
above, a gull notices a swerving vehicle
and lands a large drop
of guano on its roof

he reaches for a disc
drops his cigarette into his lap
"fuck"
overcorrects and catches the
soft shoulder
wheels spin
"FUCK!"
over the edge and down a rambling hillside
through the chapparral toward the
buddhist retreat
manzanita and gooseberry
brambles tear and scrape
Below,
a meditating
young woman curses,
"What is that fucking noise?"