[Father, Have You Brought Me A Day's Ride] Poem by Thomas Kunst

FATHER, HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME A
Day's ride. Of course, my boy. But
Not a far one. It's still in my coat. What does
That mean. I saw my mother getting into
One of these new cars where a female
Co-pilot is not part of the standard
Equipment. She acted as if you were not the driver.
But why should I have not been the driver,
My boy. She held out her elbow to the driver
At the corners of her mouth,
And he had no substantial disadvantage
From it.

Translated by Bradley Schmidt