urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:brainspills brainspills brainspills 2008-03-03T20:45:46Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:brainspills:724 2008-01-26T02:00:26Z 2008-03-03T20:45:46Z <span class="nfakPe">Pensive</span> <span class="nfakPe">Screams</span><br /><br />Crunching gravel bleeds the color of rocks beneath my traveling shoes.<br />Remote gas stations have lost their interest in monopoly's jest, they humor me.<br />Roads barren and hardly used speak their mind to me.<br />A fall becomes me when I stop.<br />I need to roll cigarettes and chew tobacco to be noticed here.<br />The can on the counter is full of brown spit; flies swarm wild like<br />carnivores with a taste for blood.<br />The cashier doesn't seem to notice the formidable smell taking<br />masterdom of the air.<br />Her hair is pulled back with a black rubber band, I wince as I think<br />of it being ripped out before bed.<br />Her shirt is X large, I think to cover what she hopes is left of her<br />self confidence<br />eyes stare back at mine; their implication painful.<br />Time won and time lost.<br />Repeating...<br />It ruined her soul