Coming Out of Hibernation

Coming Out of Hibernation

When I went out to wash the car yesterday 

I was prepared,  with my (red) bucket 

of soapy water and a brush

And that made all the difference

In my straw hat, my loose pink shirt 

and ripped up jeans I felt very avant-garde 

I can’t explain it, It was just a feeling

like Van Gogh getting ready painting

The sun was shining 

Birds were singing

It was absolutely gorgeous

I almost did a pirouette 

I washed the car in a kind of trance

brushed and rinsed away 

the winter bloom of green (algae)

The car seemed to respond to me

almost purring like a cat.

Up the street a dog was barking

(at a cat?) in a neighbour’s driveway

pulling on a leash, a drama I ignored

My car seemed to sigh in relief

as we continued with the spa

Splash, splash, splash

I gave myself a little shower

It was invigorating in the heat!

All last night I worried

like a dog having a bad dream

Did I turn off the hose?

Turning and turning in my sleep

Not sure if I was dreaming

But I thought I heard the car 

say  beep, beep, beep.

Day 25 prompt: In her poem, “The Apple Tree in Blossom,” Melissa Kwasny strings together several fantastical metaphors for the apple tree, before shifting into exclamations, definitions, and a series of nimble, tonal shifts – and seeming changes in topic – before circling around back to the apple tree. Today’s challenge asks you to write your own poem in which you use at least three metaphors for a single thing, include an exclamation, ruminate on the definition of a word, and come back in the closing line to the image or idea with which you opened the poem. 

Note: just something silly