Not Again
Not Again
On my way to Wegmans
window cracked when
two mating wasps tumble
into my car. I grab an atlas,
frantic, scoop and sweep them,
finally, out again on
the busiest boulevard in town.
I didn’t kill them,
or anyone, in the process,
myself included.
We’ll call that victory.
Sometimes the heart
at 50 miles per hour
has time to tumble
out of a wasp’s nest into
a slow motion jam
of close calls and old disappointments.
Not bit. Not hit.
Today we’ll call that lucky.
S. Robbins from Readings