A World Without Seat Belts
By Kelly Morgan
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New & Selected Poems by Kelly Morgan
Kelly Morgan
Author Kelly J Morgan has entered the literary world with a novel that will trigger conversations, debates, and intellectual observations for years to come. She writes like a seasoned veteran and has elevated the expectations of debut works. She is here to slay.You can listen to Kelly on her podcast, That's Some Crazy Shit.Kelly lives in Aurora, CO with her family, dog and cat.
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A World Without Seat Belts - Kelly Morgan
There was Highway 51,
two paved lanes
over flat farmland
coming and going
going and coming
in either direction,
everything similar.
Down the center
a hypnotic yellow line
reached toward
what appeared
to be my future.
The greatest danger
I reminded myself
more than once
would be to fall asleep
before reaching some place else.
Down the road,
always another road.
Some had more lanes.
And the scenery changed
as the future slipped
behind the wheels.
Coming and going.
Going and coming.
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Barbara and Bob Morgan and me.
First Kiss
Before the tourist season,
before the tourists drove up from Chicago
in their Chevrolets, Corvairs
and Cadillac Coup de Villes;
when the lilacs were still in bloom
Mike Zookowski, a local boy,
who rode a Stingray bike with a banana seat
asked my sister to wait outside
the thick dark bushes.
Time for my first lesson in kissing.
On the ground there were broken beer bottles
and I couldn’t stop giggling.
He had to tell me to close my eyes
and when his mouth reached for mine
our teeth bumped, our lips smacked.
It was altogether too sloppy. And yet!
And yet, the lush branches
of the lilac bushes with their armfuls
of butterfly blossoms generously
lent us their bouquet, their light
lavender powdered scent
a fresh breath of innocence.
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