GARAGES and CARS and TUBS
FULL OF GASOLINE
Kerry and I
went one Saturday
with Daddy to
his job at Elmer's Texaco
Gas Station & Garage.
As he changed
spark plugs and oil
we played
with socket wrenches,
tossed gaskets, climbed tires
and picked through boxes
and boxes of old
rusted keys,
having a fine time
until he lost his
balance, sat right down
in a damn tub full of
gasoline.
Dad hosed him off
and we laughed,
but to this day Kerry
still hates garages
and cars and tubs full of
gasoline.