Ditch Road                     

                    
I’m trying to listen
to the day’s 

public radio news

driving home 
from work 

when suddenly two cars 

so full of teenagers
some are dangling out

windows race past me

and go squealing around
the next corner

into their parents’ subdivision

in such a reckless,
frightening daredevil move, 

I wince, swear at myself 

and almost forget  
it’s safe to breathe again.