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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2011-02-15 07:38 PM

Work Day Three…Pen #1

It had been a long time
since she had traversed highways
just to obtain funds for survival.

Even longer since she was
That Girl, green eyes, long legs,
short skirts, blonde hair, in a
’78 Firebird, CB handle
reflecting her hair.

Now she’s This Gal,
silver hair glinting
under early morning highlights
eyes still green, panted legs still long,

but she remembers being 30, fondly.

Here she was again,
now and for the unforeseen
future, traveling a highway
just to obtain funds for survival.

Interstates are funny byways
and cruise control can keep one
just under K-dar, so she started
to pass the trucker in the silver-maroon
18-wheeler, noting his rear-views were tucked
on his truck just so that one could get
a good look of his handsome face,
and he, theirs…

It made her smile when he did,
and she waved, because that’s
what you do in the mid-states,
and when she passed him,
it warmed her the day through,
hearing that particular sound
of his truck horn. Now she
misses her old CB.

Tomorrow she’s going to drive
down that same road, only
with the sunroof open.

© KRJ 2-15-11

[This message has been edited by Sunshine (02-15-2011 09:33 PM).]

Spiros Zafiris
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since 2002-10-20

Posts 982
Canada

1 posted 2011-02-15 09:19 PM

..that's really great..!

faithmairee
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since 2011-01-05

Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA

2 posted 2011-02-15 09:22 PM

oh, yeah...really great...enoyed this one so much

cool poem

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2011-02-15 11:47 PM

Lovely, Karilea! It is lovely to be happy going to work. I, too, have experienced that most days of my working life, but some more ecstatically so than others, as you did in this poem.

Owl

graying1
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since 2011-02-09

Posts 53
The Commonwealth of VA

4 posted 2011-02-16 06:33 AM

makes me want to check my mirrors more often
which way should I face them
to get that smile?
Remember that Hot Babe is still there
driving

Peter

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2011-02-16 08:53 AM

well wink wink nudge nudge you highway flirt you

Can tell you're a happy camper.
Write on sweetie!
Lori

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

6 posted 2011-02-16 03:32 PM

~smiles~ this was a clever and fun read...hope that pen of yours has a bunch more good stuff in it like this one

Martie

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California

7 posted 2011-02-16 06:34 PM

Sissie...seems there is a trucker out there with good taste.

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

8 posted 2011-02-16 10:34 PM

I can see that young woman
with green eyes and short skirts!

magnificent Karilea!

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

9 posted 2011-02-18 02:04 PM

I am so happy that you are so happy, Karilea. Happy employment.
Ida

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

10 posted 2011-02-18 06:23 PM

Oh goodness sakes, you just wrote the best poem, delightful in every way.

You go girl!!! Now I wanna sunroof, or maybe just put the top down and let her fly... ya think!!!

Such a fun ride, Sunshiney girl!!

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