Unlikely Encounter between a Him and a Her

Irene Keller

June 30, 2024

Through oversized dark glasses, she spied

the pristine, metallic sublime green Chevy

atop spinning extra wide, bold wheels

reflecting the noonday sun.

Her usual speed for safe traveling,

always one notch below the limit,

was replaced with a need to gaze

at the exotic coupe    

moving with sheen and speed

from one lane to another

and then to another.

The silver grays, she and her Focus,

gained on their moving pursuit,

front bumpers and windows aligned,  

with the feminist grandma

honking at the carefree young man 

driving his sun-blessed car while 

jamming to blaring Latin rap.

Feminist? Machismo? Age? No matter

for she just had to holler, “Love the car!” 

The rapping driver side-glanced her way, 

then quickly looked again in disbelief 

to hear her yell one more time, 

“Love the car!” Hearing her truth,

he grinned like a star on wheels. 

He drove west, as all Huck Finns do,

she headed south, like a good snowbird, 

appreciating his back window sticker

                —Tejas man— 

Irene Keller, Ph.D., is a retired Texas public school educator who lives in New Braunfels, Texas. Reading contemporary poetry is part of her daily living.  See her other poems in Texas Poetry Assignment.