Said 13 on the radio dial
Sent her scrambling
For the AC
Didn’t wake the Texas boy brought north in the passenger seat
Cracked the window for dead desert air
Found Jesus on 94.1 and left him there until the devil
Caught in her throat
Tempted her to pull over
Exit 107
The Amigo Inn pink shutters tinted orange
From parking lot lamps over glass shard pavement
Where pieces were pushed into a pile by a mustachioed man
who disappeared
And in his place una mujer clutched to shopping cart
Cleaning supplies and there she gasped
Where Mary herself had presented in the night previous broken
Under orange lamps near pink shutters
