Speed Intoxicates 5.17.2008 Poem by Margaret Alice

An adventure speeding down the highway at
night, accelerating in growing joy and delight,
tasting freedom, speeding towards the airport,
Dorette returning tonight, after four years in
Thailand, her sister next to me to navigate

I go left where the directions indicate going right,
flickers on, turning right in front of another car,
lights flashing, parking at international flights,
Dorette arrives, all vibrant and bright, forgetting
the ticket for parking in the machine

A security guard waving us out using his card
to open the gate, life is wonderful, a fast car,
the highway ahead, at first I was careful, then
felt the pull of speed, flying down the highway
ever more faster and faster

Speed intoxicates, I’m as intoxicated
as I’ll ever be….