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Poetry: Driving humor


I am taking the on-ramp to I-675

when I see him

and he sees me,

stopping mid-slink

on the scant triangle of grass.

He's not supposed to be there,

or maybe it's us,

but someone is in the wrong place

and we stare, surprised.


"Coyote! Coyote!" I yell like a madwoman,

forgetting to point so my children will know

in what direction to look.


Cars are coming behind me,

curtailing my rolling stop,

and still I am chanting coyote-coyote

as if I have never seen wildlife before;


and while I remember to speed up

and merge with traffic

my kids lament with bitter accusations

that I did not have the decency

nor presence of mind

to point

and let them see, too.



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