I was driving down the mountain, the curves were bad, I was… - Julia Alvarez

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I was driving down the mountain, the curves
were bad, I wasn't going slow, the day
was one of those that takes your breath away...
On hilltops, I made believe I'd take off
into the absolute, but as I swerved
again and again...
and as the sun's
autumnal, soporific light shone on...
something gave in me and I let go—
this driving need to make it all mean more.
In time, I turned the wheel back to the road.

Julia Alvarez

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Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist.

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