Mr. Sparkle Super Shine Car Wash

The morning shed its hapless light

On sheets dyed pink

hastily applied chapstick

smeared across lips

onto unwelcome moments

the secrets between us

long since told

the self-destruction twice as bold

we sniffed cherry cola trees

through the soap spray

somehow I knew

when the flood retreated

salt traces would remain

our wounds complimentary 

We bought keychains and stale chips

and we stood 

two people full

broken things inside us

becoming clean