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Learning How To Drive

 

Sit down at the computer

adjust the font

look forward and back

put it in drive and

ease out on the screen

feed a little gas

your fingers grip the keyboard

you are rolling now

let your fingers

steer you where they want

they may take you down a blind alley

but then you can just put it in reverse

back up and start again

practice is the key

you will get the hang of it

pick up speed

it's feeling good

you're getting more comfortable

behind the poem

you ease off the gas

slow down

almost there

come to a Stop sign

pull to the curb

put it in park

a poem arrived

then you get out and look at it

admire its lines

proud of your accomplishment

glad that you got it there

all in one piece

like learning how to drive.

 

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Comments

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Lisa C Bassignani

Tue 16th Jul 2019 20:59

Smash-up...oops, I mean...
Smashing!

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Don Matthews

Tue 16th Jul 2019 15:20

dk

I tried to drive computer
Drove it through my mind
On exit from my headspace
No poem did I find?

I think I need to go back
Re-train on how to drive
Computer through my mind-bank
For poem to arrive

(Am I going to the wrong driving school dk?......)

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Tom

Tue 16th Jul 2019 13:12

Made me smile too - really nicely done and a great flow to it.

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afishamongmany

Tue 16th Jul 2019 12:50

You made me smile again d.k. Thanks

d.knape

Tue 16th Jul 2019 12:35

The first poem is the hardest
after that, it's easy.

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