[Oh my, I do love L.E. Leone’s latest poem! Hope you do too!]
WHOSE IDEA IT WAS
We rode our bikes on a country road. Mine
had a sissy bar, of which I was proud.
When a car came from behind, we'd pretend
to lose control, my California cousin and me
swerving into the ditch, flying and tumbling
because we could. No one got hurt.
We got poison ivy. Who knows what
the drivers thought. None honked or stopped.
We laughed as we flew, the joke on them. Now
my cousin is gone. Now I live in California, have a long
distance lover. Our love, exactly like this.
L.E. Leone
© 2011
Lovely! I'm sure many will relate to this; I know I do.
ReplyDeleteKat
Hi Kat: Yes, I think this is a lovely poem--glad you liked it too!
ReplyDeleteA vivid piece of memory here...
ReplyDeleteHi Caroline: Indeed! This is one of my favorite L.E. Leone poems.
ReplyDeleteWho knows what
ReplyDeletethe drivers thought.
That's another poem right there.
This one felt like a clip from a home movie, and I like how the final lines take a step back from it and fit it into adult life.