Drive to Work

child, drive Yourself
   to there
 or     work

child, drive Yourself
   to here
 don't     work

become:  no stops
   for bottles & glasses
       and marmalade jars

the road has:  nothing but
       pavement-grass
       guardrail-barriers the shape of trolls
       nagging-signs at every stomach

white spaghetti preserved
with radiant reflectors
cannot hide Your child body