kangaroo crossing

I know this stretch in my blood

this is where the Megaleia rufa song
cries louder than any car stereo

the dreaming that suddenly crawls onto the road
and takes it
out of the living—
the ones who fantasised constantly on their own immortality
behind the wheel

but this stretch of road ... this stretch
is where the extroverted angels turn their heads
as the flash that is stronger than steel
launches onto the highway
and brings those of the present
forward to their own judgment day

refraction of light
from split seconds
to eternity