Street Smart:

My body is square,

like a Ford

Insistent on running out of road;

seeking the harden roadways

like down the road, not across the street—

Assumptions leading me down,

two roads, (street smart)

as the difference of

betweenness is roadblocks

Your roadworthiness

is yours to tread

Somebody can tag-along,

None can take your steps

Kick up dust, roadholding

Or

Be dragged

through mud like roadkill

Where you wind up

is up

to you-

My heart feels

like a potential pothole

all those swerve to miss

a roadless road to nowhere

But you,

met me

in the middle- of-the road

My undercarriage

is a piece of roadwork

all those scraps

from road bumps

along the way

The unbeaten road is the safest!