Fast Car: a poem

October 10, 2016

BY RACHELL PAK
Staff Writer
Outside of this bubble,
It has always been on my mind,
The grass doesn’t have to be greener,
Just beyond the other side.

I want a fast car,
Or a ticket for a fast train,
Or a bent thumb for a fast truck,
That would take me shine or rain.

I won’t watch another screen,
Unless it’s a window,
Of a blurring landscape,
Taking me where the wind blows.

I want a fast car,
Or a ticket for a fast train,
Or a bent thumb for a fast truck,
That would take me shine or rain,

But here I am waiting,
In an empty parking lot,
Where there are no exits where I could leave,
Or so I had thought.
I found another way,
I took an introspective journey,
Where I went wherever I wanted,
And it all happened in a dream.

I don’t want a fast car,
Or a ticket for a fast train,
Or a bent thumb for a fast truck,
All I need is my brain.

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