Intermezzo

Black car at intersection
crisscross forward left
easy swing in the
low winter sun aimed just right
The light washing
over windshield glass
one smooth blinding
blink of the eye
squeezing into a tail of dazzle
swiped along the body of the car
cut off at the bumper
falling in the road
where the matte asphalt
swallows it. Gone

while black car carries on
down the straight-line road
returned to
solid black factory paint job
A stray sparkle
thrown off its roof
winks and rolls away

2/28/19
3/5/19