Driving Dichotomy
“Not to put truck drivers down. But I did hear an ad for a ‘semi-truck driver’ once.”
George Carlin
With 30 years of driving
Under hands and feet
Eyeballs and earlobes
On either side of
2 million miles
The mile markers
Are my minions
The reflectors
Light my way
Pulling two and three trailers
Over mountain passes
Chaining unchaining
In rain and snow
Over black ice
Through city traffic
Driving into
Subterranean garages
Blindside backing up
Against traffic
Under camera
Recorded surveillance
Watching me
Watch what
I watch, whilst
Getting paid to
Listening to
Talk radio
Audio books
And a deep
Eclectic library
Of music and comedy
Makes me feel like
King of the Road
Yet with
The slightest quirky
Benign quip
On capabilities
Leaves me
Neutered negated
And royally nullified
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