a different life

easy
and bored,
itching to live
a different life,
it was rumored
that he
died
in a car crash
in mexico.
that's all you ever
heard.
but you've
imagined
often
that road,
unpaved,
the stars out
in the black Mexican
sky,
tequila in
hand, a girl
at his side,
both singing
poorly to a song
on the radio,
her dark eyes
smiling, not
understanding
anything
as they crossed
the center
line, too late
to turn,
too late
to change this end,
to live a
different life.