Matt Jablonski

Combustible Man

Off of Abbe Road

within earshot of Route 57’s

late night engines

a friend of mine

mentions his plan

to blow up a car

on the outskirts of town.

He punctuates this

with violent laughter.

Then he is silent

as he throws

more cardboard

onto the fire

in his driveway.

In this moment

(mad burst of flame)

wild light in his eyes

he rules the world

he’d fight us all,

but then it is gone

as the darkness returns

to surround him.