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15 ½ Year-Old Learning to Drive
a 1960 Ford Falcon
With "Three-on-the-Tree:"
A Play in Five Acts
ACT 1 -- First Lessons
Vroom!
Rev, rev, rev...
Lurch-cough-die.
Vroom!
Rev, rev, rev...
Lurch-cough-die.
ACT 2 -- After Weeks of Practice
Vroom!
Rev, rev, rev,
Creep, creep, lurch-cough-die.
Vroom!
Rev, creep,
Rev, glide,
DRIVE!
ACT 3 -- Newton's First Law
Vroom!
Rev, creep,
Rev, glide,
Drive.
Stop!
Brake-lurch-die.
Vroom!
Rev, glide, drive.
Slow, clutch, stop.
ACT 4 -- Finishing Touches
Vroom!
Rev, glide, drive.
Slow, clutch, stop...hillside.
Vroom!
Rev, REV, REV...
Lurch-squeal-drive.
ACT 5 -- Gray Hair and Sleeplessness
Vroom!
Rev, glide, drive.
Bye!
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015
Mary Lee, this is such a fun poem and made me recall my first driving lessons with my uncle's car. Backed it up into a parked car coming out of my driveway. I'm still not adept at understanding distance.
ReplyDeleteOh, so true. And such a sniff and a laugh and a sigh at the end, Mary Lee. Yes. "Bye..." xo
ReplyDeleteI love this, Mary Lee! It's so clever!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Catherine! So, so, so clever! I love the titles! And the progression through the acts! And the repetition, or kind of repetition. Another almost perfect poem!
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