i
She swats away the airbag, coughs,
and stares at the windshield,
both shattered and intact.
ii
On the way to the hospital,
he wonders why, then,
upside down in the Camry,
he had decided to learn the trombone.
iii
"All I can tell you, Judge,
is you know you're drunk
and you know you're driving,
but somehow you don't think
you're drunk driving."
iv
Pinned under wreckage
and staring wide-eyed
at the stars.
A man of no faith,
he is now sure
his dead mother
resides in the sky.
About Dale Wisely:
Dale Wisely is the founder and general editor of Right Hand Pointing, entering its 10th year online. He is a clinical psychologist and lives and works in Alabama.
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