In the Driveway

I leave early just to see you in Tacoma

And to hear you say my name the way you say it

It takes less time to get there now that they're done with the construction

And I live further south

I see the mountain and the freeway and the big grocery store

I thought it closed a couple years ago

But there it is, glistening

A frosty lights-on five:30 in the evening

One day I will feel unfeeling in the frozen sound

Cannibalized and canonized by the blister, the whisper of glaciers

And opening my eyes like