the getaway (mended)

one bead of sweat
lin-
gers

on the edge of
Alligator's
long
dark
grimace,as
the light

turns green; each hungry
eye focuses
on its respective
side of the
oldsmobile

while his
foot grad-
ually
moves from

the brake to-
wards the
gas

and his he-
avy
eyelids
drape
down
for a
blink

...the world's largest
butterscotch sundae melts
inconspicuously
in the backseat.