Last Night an Airbag Saved My Life

Last night an airbag
Saved my life
On 401
We danced and
Spun round
Slowly
In this passenger seat
Waltz
It held me close and
Planted a kiss
Of urgency
On my forehead and eyelid
(Where small
Purple flowers
Would soon blossom,
A reminder of the
Eternal Footman’s
Gallant bow).

And all the while I thought
In circles, endlessly
Of the harsh words I told you
Before I left.