The poem explores themes of urgency and transformation as it navigates the intersection of past memories and future uncertainties. Imagery of speed and destruction highlights the chaotic nature of existence, while reflections on light symbolize deeper insights into beauty and loss. The fragmentary quality of memory is illustrated through the juxtaposition of vibrant colors and the dark void of burning remnants, suggesting the fleeting nature of time and experience, ultimately leaving the reader with a contemplative understanding of life's transience.
"Just a little further, just a little. Faster, through the hellgate to the highway, with all its molten rubber and melting asphalt sinking sharp and gumming the lungs."
"Yesterday bleeds in the rearview mirror as tomorrow's fires fan out everywhere, orange-yellow echinacea rot purpling in the fat bulb where the void spreads."
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