Claudia Gary-Annis
Driving in Tandem
He sped out of her sight numerous times
and left his headlights off in gushing rain.
She wonders how she could have been amused
at flights from visibility.
He too has doubts: Can't she follow more closely,
stay truer to the signals they've devised?
Their conversation shifts down into words,
then quickly upshifts, merges back
into the darkened lane where they can hear
droplets percussing onto roofs and windshields.
They grip the steering wheels. Once more their tires
spin puddles into mist.
© Claudia Gary-Annis
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