Hoo-ray hoo-ray
today’s the day
To the Outer Banks we go From north VA,
today, hoo-ray.
Me and mom and dad and Sis
All in the car. But it’s supposed to
be far.
All strapped down, all belted in, gee-wiz
Hoo-ray hoo-ray, now, not tomorrow, yea
Today
The vacation trip is about to begin.
As down the street we go, I look about.
Five to ten minutes, an eternity………out
,
From the window out highway 95 I look
about.
I wonder hmmm, “Are we there yet?”
“No”
I wait for what seems forever, I hesitate,
“Are we there yet?”
“No”“Are we there yet
are we there yet?”
“No,no,no and NO,” from the
front seat comes the shouted reply
An eternity
forever and a day I begin to say: “Why,
ARE…WE…
“No, we are
not there yet,”
The driver’s voice spoke.
I hear whispered,
“My god, Devin, where’s some
Benadryl and a Coke?”
“For her?
You joke!”
From the front
seat I hear Mommy say,
“No, for me
this is driving vacation hell.
Next time she rides with Grandma.”
But I know
that idea will never sell.
So, in response and in repos,
I’m quiet for a while.
Then Sis reads a
sign, aloud, “North Carolina five
more miles.”
“What?
Where? Are we still in America?”
“I want to know, it’s important.”
“Are we there yet?”
No answer. So I sit… and… wait
and…
yawn… then…
Asleep
Sprawled
across the seat belted in,
mouth
agape and unaware:
“Honey we’re
there,” comes a voice out of no
where.
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