he was the best
driver
I knew
drove better than some
people walked
he was so sure of
himself behind the wheel
you'd think he could pass
the damn truck through the eye
of a needle
And I sat on the passenger
seat and
just listened to his stories
man, he had a
lot of 'em
and most were about his
wife
who was 19 years younger
than him
He used to tell me that she's
complexed by the fact that one
of her breasts is significantly
larger than the other
that she drinks
too many energy drinks
can't have sex without
background music
never learned how to
drive
had an abortion at 17
but is pro life now
cooks eggs
in the air fryer
wants a pet dog one day
and changes her mind
the next day
can pee standing up
and many, many other things
I didn't learn so many
intimate things about my
own girlfriend
and the way he'd talk about
his woman
made you feel like you
were the one
living with her
he'd talk about it so much
and with such openness
that at the end
of the shift you'd
think you don't even need a
woman in your own life anymore
You're good with
hearing so much about his
So it's no wonder
that I miss working with the guy
so much
I really meant it when I said
he was the best driver
in the world
He didn't just drive better than
other people walked
but he drove better drunk
than most people sober
And that's the thing with him
He drove drunk a lot
If everyone was as good
at drunk driving
it would've been legal
But nope,
we do not live in an ideal world
The law didn't care that
he never made a mistake while
driving like that
So he was left without his
license
and that left him without the job
and it was over
he wasn't much good
at anything else
and what's even worse
He got put into prison
The man just wouldn't
give up driving
drunk
and with no license
they caught him once
twice
and I guess the third time
they had to stop him for
good
Well,
they did
and I head he doesn't have it
good behind the
bars
"He got a big tattoo of
that woman of his
all across his back," said the guy
who replaced him and now
drove his truck, "An' problem is
she a pretty one.
You know why that's a problem
when you're going
to prison?"
"I can imagine," I said
"Yeah, better just imagine it
and leave it at that..."
Poor guy
his problem was that
he lived too happily in a sad, angry
world
and the world sought to
do away with him
It appears that the world
has won this
battle
but after all that time
spent with him
in the truck
I know him too well
The world might have won the
fight
but not the war
not with this
guy
Many thanks to LatinosUSA —English edition for featuring my poem, "the best driver I knew"!
Check it out HERE!
Thank you!
Daydreaming as a profession 