Michael Cluff- A Poem

Veronica Fitzgerald

Slot car racing
was peripheral
never a major concern
though pleasant
a faugh
as far as Father
saw it

"Girls should not
do such things."

A divertissement then
became deadly serious
after.

Drag racing
is now my forte.

I will work this line well
much money every year.

Dad does not mind now

"It keeps her
off the streets,"
is his rejoinder
while adding salt
to anything
within his reach.