Saturday, March 14, 2009

Every 3,000 Miles

Ten A.M. oil change at pro lube express:
Investigated Saturday morning
Clad in "Harvard" sweatshirt plus sincere smile
I said, "mornin'" and truly did mean it
Like when my dad recalls his Texas tongue
(Everyone smiles in the early spring sun)
Wasting not killing time, I took a walk
Back to see angels regarding my car

About thirty bucks for the procedure
My debit card was very slow to process
"At Penny's these things go in a second!"
Goddamn right they do. "I 'preciate it."


 

3 comments:

  1. You take an instant and extract all the color from it.
    And then, squirt it all onto the page.

    Your poetry is very scientific in that manner.
    There's not a terrible amount of surrealism.
    I appreciate that.

    You don't have to dress anything up in order to make it gigantic.
    You have a habit of choosing just the right amount of detail,
    and it makes for a very believable American Portrait.

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