February, 1999

F M SCHIZOPHRENIA ©

By Maxine Carey Harker

 

There came a day
in our travel
across Texas
up & down & around & over
The Hill Country, when
turning left the radio emitted
cowboy blues, to the right
   -- a mariachi band

With each turn
of the steering wheel
our musical loyalties
were twisted.

There’s a lesson there somewhere
but we didn’t search for it then.

We just laughed.

Previously published in the North Carolina Poetry Society's 
"Award Winning Poems, 1996" 
Used with permission of the Poet.

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