Above the law

Above the law

the cop drives on,

cell phone to his ear.

Stop and go traffic

Stop and go traffic –

she applies make-up

in the rearview.

 

On Writing

Afternoon drive –
scribbling poems
at red lights.

Mr. Soul

Driving along,

Neil Young on

the radio.

Stoplight changes

Stoplight changes,

red to green as I approach –

I don’t even slow.

Long shadows stretch

Long shadows stretch

across the freeway,

I race the sunset home.

Risk Taking Behavior

the sign advises

30 mph– I take

the curve at 60.

Driving Home

Driving home

on sunset roads,

raced by long shadows.

Driving through

the Big Sur night, creeping fog

swallows my light.

As I drive by,

an eruption of starlings

from the green.

Driving up the hill

Driving up the hill –

wild turkey in the road

scatter…

Driving Highway 1

Driving Highway 1 –

the sea sparkles and shines

between racing pines.

Driving Highway 1

Driving Highway 1 -

sharp curves, the ocean below,

into drifting fog I go…

Ascending and Scurrying chipmunk

Ascending

the mountain into sunlight

shift it to second…

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Scurrying chipmunk

before my wheels! I turn

and do not squash.