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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
