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A Witness

by 이월란 posted Aug 16, 2016
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74) A Witness


      Wolran Kim

 


In the morning on the way to work


On the entrance of the I-15 freeway, the circular intersection awoke long ago


When I waited for the left turn signal at the front of the line


A car in the next lane began to drive suddenly, whether rushed or misjudged


The car crashed into the other car coming from the front in a moment


In three seconds, two cars were smashed on film


The hoods were crumpled and the engines were broken like dumplings


The road of life waited for the blinking of signals without any errors


Statute of limitations ran out and the road was in the memory with no tense


The road in the heart is a lawless world without signals


A horn of the silent film is ringing, and it is impossible to inquire who trampled who


A crossroad of illusion where our minds are bent is unprotected


A white-shirted man, like an LDS missionary, came out of the car without any wounds


His shirt glared like snow to the audience who had bloody memories


The green light rotated all around like the sun for a day


The man holding the Gospel walked to the crashed car on the corner like an angel


Self-contradicting eyes were watching condolers on the road


People who cannot leave the wheel have to keep driving


In the beginning and ending hour on the road of life


I’m regulated as a stranger, and easily leave the chaotic road


With four legs like abandoned tires


No one requests any testimony from me


This is the law of coexistence that is a bit primitive and a bit unscientific


The scene of a perfect collision will be edited without any errors in public


In every smooth crossroad of perfect crimes and open cases


I’m still a prisoner awaiting trial


It was an unexpected film of unspecified persons that would be edited in a moment


Dangerous roads are all covered. People who go to their work of the soul


People who go to an unspecified address after finishing their third shifts


Today and tomorrow, the last unpredictable border is not far away at all


Police cars and ambulances will come with sirens like a chorus


The morning sun shined while separating pieces like shards


In the back mirror instead of traffic lights