Her Big Buick

She had a big Buick
Riviera

Cream colored
with white walls
so clean
I wanted to lick
them

Saddled leather
seats
worn out

Her trunk
was big
I’d climb
inside it
sleep
next to the spare
and smell
the rubber

She had a 401
Nailhead V8
that purred
when she dug
into the pedal

The odometer
read 175,467 miles

She liked to drive
it hard

And ride it hard


Mark Gaudet was first published at the age of 15. A lover of free verse his two major influences are Charles Bukowski and William Carlos Williams. His poetry has appeared in journals in the US, Europe, and Canada, including the hold, Magpie's Nest, Talväipivänseisaus Specials, 3Cup Morning, Zygote in My Coffee, Children, Churches and Daddies, Remark, S.S.O. Press, Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry, The Beat, Thieves Jargon, Unlikely 2.0, Smokebox, and LitVision Magazine.