Trapped
between an SUV
and
the biggest pickup truck
ever made—
he's backed in,
so there is no hope
of seeing past
or around
(maybe under?)
its massive hood.
This parking space
is a tunnel,
exit blocked
intermittently
(unpredictably)
by the whooshing of cars
who
can’t
see
me
coming
any better
than
I can see them.
It's a game
of (blindfolded) chicken
I don't want to play,
both literally
and figuratively
in the dark.
I want to scream.
I turn on an audiobook instead,
and I wait.
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Yikes! Sounds annoying and a little harrowing given the sizes of the vehicles you describe. You certainly handled the situation creatively with this poetic illustration.
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Harrowing is such a great word! I may have played up the size angle with a little artistic exaggeration. . . but that’s what writers do, right?
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I like the way you grew the first vehicle in myimagination by getting me to consider looking under it! This is an experience where my mom would say, “let’s back up till it sounds expensive!” So glad you waited!
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Ha! Love that expression!
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Wait! You left us in suspense! we need a follow up, LOL!
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Ha! I did eventually escape when the owner of the bigger truck returned about twenty minutes later. With one side clear, I was able to sneak out.
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I’ve been there – sitting in the parking spot, hemmed in by large vehicles on either side, busy traffic and all sorts of pedestrians behind me, juuuusssst waiting and hoping and inching and hoping and waiting and…
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Oh no, enormous vehicles in small parking lots, very scary and very annoying. I’m glad you could be creative and make a great slice out of it!
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I hate that feeling and I love your poem! I get especially annoyed when I am at a stop sign and someone in a giant truck pulls up beside me and blocks my view.
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Yes!
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Your play with words and form really made me feel I was stuck in the parking lot too! So, how long did you have to wait? Another reason to always have a book or audiobook on hand.
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It was about 20 minutes or so. Luckily, it was an unhurried sort of day.
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I take forever to park … I always need the perfect space because I am often in your situation. I loved the connections I made and how we both solve the problem in the same way.
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This sounds completely harrowing. Everything about your poem from the line breaks to the word choice to the way you played with white space contributed to the tension.
You were wise to turn on an audiobook!
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