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Westbound on I-40

By on May 13, 2010 in Poetry

What I wanted was cheering up
but said I was looking for somebody
to share a beer and some laughs and the thought
of heated bodies at the drive-in movie
seemed like a good way to keep away the blues
so I went with this guy, a friend of a friend
whose name I can’t remember.

Cans from the six-pack we drank rattled
on the floorboards of the pick-up
the dust on the dash showed my bare footprints
when he decided to move faster than I wanted
and he tore my best slacks.

I wanted cheering up, but he wanted sex
so that’s why they call it date rape
and a good way to get there is chasing the blues
at a drive-in west of town on I-40.

©2006, Janet Taliaferro

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About Janet Taliaferro

I write novels, poetry, and short stories. In broad-brush terms, I have written about alcohol and drug addiction, and more importantly, recovery and the influence of twelve-step programs, incest, racial and religious tolerance, abortion, and war. In previous lives I was a political activist and business owner and have remained an avid Planned Parenthood supporter over the years. I graduated from Southern Methodist University and hold a Master’s Degree in Creative Studies from the University of Central Oklahoma, where I received the Geoffrey Bocca Memorial Award for graduate writing.
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