April is National Poetry Month! Here is another Matthew Van Der Boot inspired poem.
Little Red Corvette (not that one by Prince)
The police arrive, multiple cars.
No, you didn’t know the victim.
No, you didn’t see what happened.
Yes, you did hear the gunshots
and see the vehicle speed away.
Color and make?
Dark, maybe black? Sorry.
That’s all you can remember.
No, you didn’t get the license.
Your name, address, and phone?
Your car? Yes, that one there.
The Volkswagen Bug.
Driver’s license? No.
Yes sir. Sorry sir.
No sir. Thank you, sir.
It won’t happen again.
Meanwhile,
the ambulance, lights flashing,
pulls out of the parking lot
with her in the back
holding her boyfriend’s hand,
leaving you with the guilt
of wishing him gone.
Inspired by Van Der Boot 1983, Episode 41: “Who wants to go home, right?”