"Drive !" he said
By midnights voice
Frozen in thought . . .
the silver gray moon
bends the sun's will
toward an earthly gravel grave
in a Walker County strip pit
It was only yesterday . . .
when the Cougar Eliminator
prowled the highways
of disappearing white stripes
seeking out a Crescent City moon
that lay naked in the bending arms
of it's watery lover
"Drive !" he said . . .
so I hit the pedal hard
spinning tires
and burning up the moments
in haste
that I would someday regret
throwing to the stars
Like a wolf howls at the moon . . .
we howled at our youth
so far from home
unaware
we were truly all alone
in the bent light of our folly
The horizon cradled the moon . . .
slipping beyond the bridges
of our possibilities
and thinking of Macbeth
blowing out his candles
"Drive !" he said . . .
life is a stage
a four lane highway
going forward measured
by our distance
divided by our time
we are so defined
I have driven to the moon . . .
collected sunbeams
and bent the light
then drove back
howling . . .
with a midnight's voice
warm in the
South by Southwest winds
So . . . I will drive on
Author's Note:
1970 428 Cougar Eliminator . The first stanza about a Walker County gravel grave is about stolen cars . They often turned up in the bottom of strip pits .Comments on " "Drive !" he said"
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On Saturday, December 30, 2017, Jerry stiles
(251) wrote:
Great write m.v.....I have raced cars on highways and in the woods..still mis it,,once I a while I still hit 100 mph on the highway,,racing sum1 or just by myself with no one around,,this brought back memories,,thanks for that,,
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On Monday, January 1, 2018, midnights voice
(971) wrote:
Thank you Jerry for reading .
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On Friday, December 29, 2017, Arwen
(187) wrote:
Hmm I have never gotten a chance to ride in this type of car. Have you? You write surreal in a way that I wish I could. I don't know why but I always feel sorry for Macbeth.
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On Friday, December 29, 2017, midnights voice
(971) wrote:
Well those cars were real and so were the times and like the car which had surreal power so did the times . Thank you again Wednesday .
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A former member wrote:
This makes me remember my first car. That summer I was the coolest seventeen year old girl, driving down the road, music blaring, and a cigarette hanging from my lips. This car is awesome, and I'm getting a case of leadfoot just from seeing it. Those were the days, darlin'. Rebs:).
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On Friday, December 29, 2017, midnights voice
(971) wrote:
Yes cars were a much more important in our lives than there are to today's youth . We had interstate instead of internet .
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A former member wrote:
I couldn't agree with you more. Back when I was a teenager, there was no Uber or Lyft, and the "cool phone" was the flip phone, and WiFi was unheard of. When I look at my children now, it makes me miss the simpler times; when noses weren't buried in phones or tablets, we actually learned in school, and it was safe to walk anywhere we wanted to.
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On Thursday, December 28, 2017, dwells
(4285) wrote:
My best friend (deceased now) was in love with this early version and later bought the bigger; luxury styled version. But it just wasn't the same thing. Proving again that we can't go home; but only visit for awhile in memoriam. Marvelous composition my friend - cheers! - Dan
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On Friday, December 29, 2017, midnights voice
(971) wrote:
Thank you Dan for your addition , and thank you for reading .
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On Thursday, December 28, 2017, Cassette
(1144) wrote:
Quite the little piece you have here :)
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On Thursday, December 28, 2017, midnights voice
(971) wrote:
Thank you Cassette for reading .