radio blasting at maximum volume
empty bottles rolling on the floorboard
the scent of liquor stifling the air.
drunken laughter
sober screams
rising to eighty,
ninety,
one hundred miles per hour
speeding down the highway to a horrid fate.
blinded by the beer ,
muffled by the music,
he doesn't see the danger.
he doesn't hear her cry.
midnight strokes,
they're long due home.
barreling down the highway.
they near a broken bridge.
her hand tightens grip on his arm.
his eyes look upon her with rage.
and pushes her away.
laughing, he increases speed.
hitting 110 by now
tears roll down her face.
tumbling into the ocean,
plummeting to their death.
their innocent lives taken by a drink.
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