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Poetry : the Environment - Mario Petrucci

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from a to a<br />

or Getting Nowhere<br />

finding <strong>the</strong> freeway<br />

to myself i put my foot<br />

down to my own motive<br />

floorboards asking <strong>the</strong> rear<br />

-view what to do<br />

next<br />

it said<br />

bro<strong>the</strong>r<br />

<strong>the</strong> faster you<br />

eat me up <strong>the</strong> more you<br />

leave behind – you’ll see<br />

more of me slower so why not<br />

pull over ’cause this road is going<br />

backwards and your incessant<br />

tyres are speeding up<br />

<strong>the</strong> world<br />

POEM 4 Oil: <strong>the</strong> Motor Car<br />

© <strong>Mario</strong> <strong>Petrucci</strong> 2008<br />

Published in: Envoi magazine (#147)

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