Soap Box Derby Driver (Long)

To those that may suggest on this cold rainy day in July i am a Poet of Doom or a headbanging nut let me give you "Soap Box Derby Driver" last read to the students of American University. tom sites "SoapBox Derby Driver: Sitting in my Soap Box awaiting the start thinking i had plenty to say no one knew my part. The starters gun went off and i slowly slid down the ramp picking up speed hoping no one would pass me. The crowd was cheering as i hit 8 m.p.h. Down that long hill i soon hit 13m.p.h. The crowd went wild when my competitor pulled out in front of me. 18mph 20 mph 22 mph the finish line came up and the Blue Box outran my Red Fox and the crowd went nuts and i never got a chance to stand atop my Soap Box. Nobody ever wants to hear from the one that lost. Not having any brakes and still picking up speed pretty soon i was up to 33 mph. 45 mph They all knew then this wasn't part of the plan people scrambling traffic a mess i manuver arround all of them and showed them my best that i was up to this test......50 mph The breeze blowing wind shrilling Disbelief Anger Hoots and Hollers people giving me high fives as i hit 55 mph By then thru the city outrunning everything in my path i continued on to the interstate where i could totally unwind and blow their minds. those pistons those massive pistons on my soap box were getting unwound the sound of the wind as it blew all arround me 65mph thinking i should stop... not having any brakes i go faster and faster 75 mph i flip on my radio i'm gonna see just how fast this baby will go. It was Leonard Cohen talking about War and Revolution and he says..."Everybody knows the good guys lost and everybody knows the good guys lost" 80 mph knowing i'm going too fast seeing in my rear view mirrow...the police with sirens blaring. Wind blows the hair on my arms like blowing wheat in a Nebraska field. sweat drops from my armpits in drops. 85 mph in the rear view mirror i see swirling lights of red and blue sirens blaring shrilling sounds i never heard before. knowing i should probably stop but the Red Fox has no brakes. ROAD BLOCK helicopters flying over head what am i doing??? 110 mph wind blowing all over me i throw away my helmet what do i need that for?? what am i doin????? 150 mph and my turbo kicks in to a deafening roar as i start to leave the valley floor ejecting my door what do i need that for?? i eject the top and wind blows all over me. the parts scatter into a million kazillion pieces what am i doing?????? 240 mph 240 to 400 in 1 second flat take that ejecting the tires out comes the wings to this thing sailing over that barrier like an aircraft carrier flying over the carnage i hear wind i never heard before gliding along at 750mph just then a Stealth snuck up on me and i drop my wings and the rocket thruster pushes me up to 2750 in 1 second flat. i dip my thrusters and say take that. Hearing sound i never heard i take a deep breath life is grand life is so grand Because today the good guys won and i want everybody to know today the good guys won... But, just like in life.... when i think i can rest they throw out another test. SENSORS indicate.... a lazer blast to my Soap Box Derby Racer...the speed of light this this thing can travel... O Boy what am i doing??? 3500 mph No time to think Putting up repllant shields and in a 1 button manuver i STALL to unfurl the winds to my kite and ride the Solar Wind at 1,000,000 mph. Pretty soon i'm sailing along at one million mph. Vast darkness all arround me. Hopefully thats all they got for me today. and i can sail alone in peace,,,thruout space and say Life is Grand. Life is great and today the Good Guys Won. At least Today the good guys won. "To Finish Is to WIN" bye 4 now ts

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