The second death involved vehicular homicide.

Jerry killed a woman who was lying

in the middle of the road. It was 2 a.m.;

she'd been to a bar and on her way home had fallen asleep

in the snow. He was acquitted

but it was a small town and she was the daughter

of a prominent family. He had to leave.

 

The second death involved

vehicular homicide. Jerry killed a woman named Sylvia,

They had had an affair in high school—

she was lying in the middle of State Road 44.

It was 2 a.m.; she had been to a bar

she had been drinking shots, and on her way home had tripped, hit her head, she came to, but then fell asleep in

the soft snow. He was acquitted, but it was a small

town near Virginia Beach, and she was the only daughter

she bears an uncommon resemblance to

of a prominent physician

On the road to our meeting there were many seismic shifts.

 

The second death involved

vehicular homicide. Jerry killed

a woman who was lying

in the middle of the road.

It was 2 a.m.; he had been to a bar

he thought he'd hit a deer that had crossed in front of him.

the snow He was set free, free as a bird in a very small

town and she was the daughter

of a prominent family. He had to escape.

There was a narrowing, a truncating of expectations and then expansion, buoyancy.

 

The second death
involved vehicular