Smart Cars
by
Michael Dylan Welch and Tanya McDonald First published in Prune Juice #22, July 2017, page 125. Originally written 11 July 2009 on the ferry from Kingston to Edmonds, Washington. Corvette club— the stud shows off his trophy wife Michael the brand-new Hummer out of gas Tanya hoisted skyward by the wrecking magnet Vega rising Michael Ford Focus— the windshield blurred by bug splatters Tanya overtaken on the freeway by a Yugo Michael Mensa convention— my keys locked in the Smart Car Tanya |