he stood in the road it was his religion I am invulnerable I am steadfast speeding traffic braking and swerving carefully preserved his zone of sanctity he was invulnerable he was steadfast then came a car whose unsanctified occupants intertwined and caressing their bodies neither invulnerable nor steadfast only the car lunging forward refused to observe the man’s religion |
| April 7, 1981 |
| collision |