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Last Night I Drove A Car

by Gregory Corso

Gregory Corso

Last night I drove a car

not knowing how to drive
not owning a car

I drove and knocked down

people I loved
...went 120 through one town.

I stopped at Hedgeville

and slept in the back seat

...excited about my new life.




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