"Little Sister"

Marabola: Poetry
Comments:
April 2007
To Joanna.


Evening, always
riding down the highways.

Grey and pink and twilight –
no such thing as stoplights.

Roll the windows down
and speed on past the town.

Volume takes a right;
dashboard clock burns bright.

He sings along in tune
to the steering wheel; the moon.

And your hair (so like mine) flies
when the highway turns to sky.

The bass is so loud I can’t convey
how hard it is for me to say,

“Car rides with you mean more to me
than I could hope to make you see.”

Even if I spoke, you wouldn’t hear –
just the punk rock blaring in your ears.

But maybe you would comprehend
how I wish the road would never end –

because now, the real and perfect meet
to your little sister in the back seat.



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