As if I was taken for a ride
without asking for a one-way ticket
wherever not Home
As though it were a nice car
so it meant some safety built-in
As it was
my car
all along
And I let a drunk drive
which explains the carnage
and typical manner
of walking away unscathed
as though blood diluted without alcohol
creates a cushion
in impact-
In fact
the driver always walks away
with a death sentence
that ends
with a sober
period.
Photo credit National Archives at College Park, taken c. 1970 in Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
