The Conjurer

MY FAVORITE PIECE OF ART

After our breakup
and you moved out
to a studio
close to Santa Monica Pier
Right on Pacific Coast Highway

I painted a blood red heart
in the middle of the
northbound lane
as mine was going south

I went back a few days later
tire marks smeared
the paint
made it look like the heart
was falling-
falling south

a heart that
had been tread upon.

-Perfect.