Ripped seats

That feeling you get

after hooking up with someone 

for three days

and now you’re just

watching television

with a platonic friend

flatline

yet

ready to rip up

the couch beneath you

and you want to crawl

into the screen

and feel the wind on your face

like these kids on a road trip

that you know isn’t as cinematic

behind the lens

but you crave

that smell of sunburnt leather

in the backseat of a 1996 Chevy

with no air conditioning

legs sticking 

almost uncomfortable 

but only enough

to feel alive.