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DRIVEN BY DISTRACTION

(Inspired by the "Road Trip" competition)    
     
En route    
Santander to Bilbao    
three happy amigos    
grateful for the car ride    
vintage Citroën DS purrs    
mejor que montar en autobús    
that ashtray on wheels    
where thick gray smoke obscures    
sign reading “No Fumar”    
posted adjacent del conductor    
cigarette dangling from his lips    
     
Lush green paisaje cantabriana    
racing into view    
window frame by window frame    
a la izquierda playa tras playa    
adorned, no doubt, with bikini clad    
hermosas españolas    
pangs of California yearning    
beckoning come home    
sólo un segundo de tristeza    
by Spanish paradise captivated anew    
     
Outskirts of Bilbao arriving    
“have you seen euskara written?”    
asks the man behind the wheel    
“just count the letters on that sign”    
soon to be ironic fifteen character name    
a Basque towing company    
occupants turn to look    
CRASH!!! language lesson over    
old Citroën metal punishes    
brand new Citroën metal    
dazed humans emerge unscathed    
ensuing epithetic volley      
needs no translation    
     
Back on the road relieved    
sturdy French carriage    
dented not defeated    
comme une danseuse de cancan    
gusty wind lifts the hood (bonnet for some)    
driver in literal blind panic    
soothed by level headed passenger    
steers to safety    
thoughts of imminent death abate    
love for Spain, though strong    
does not extend to lying under its soil    
     
En route    
Bilbao to Santander    
wondering if bus windows open

   
(Unattributed image found at http://4travel.jp/travelogue/10500614)
Written by Gahddess_Worship (Osomajestuoso)
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