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Creation is made for this moment
the washing of her blue car
under a California sun
in a California street
overlooking the sea
With close-fitting
pants
and a loose blouse
(and money in the bank)
she scrubs the car
expression of these joys
She is free!
a new movie!
a far away trip!
But now
she splashes water
on her car
She is sweet tits
and curvy cunt
Male drivers
passing by
know it
She spells
water
and soap bubbles
and slippery stuff
and a top daisy-yellow
and a bottom
wet in dungaree blue
sloshing
and spattering
What do the
truckdrivers
say
when they see
a strawberry blonde
with a sure enough face
drenching water
on a blue car
on a spring day?
They say
the moment before
and the moment after
is not worth a damn
now that this pearl
is open
the traffic stopped
all is at hand.

Irwin R. Shaw - July 19th 1986