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The Miss

(this happened a week ago Friday to a fellow teacher and friend
of mine named Phyllis. I thought it was quite a story and she 
got on the tv news in Utah)

Late
night as
her husband
drove them through an
intersection, there
came barreling at them
a drunk with his truck lights off!
He ripped off their car’s front end at
the point where their feet touched the floorboard.
In one sliced second, Phyllis missed sure death.

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 1/4/2013 11:41:00 PM

Phyllis has a loving guardian ... Andrea, the event in the etheree are scary.. she got lucky.... by the way I hate knowing my daughter is out there driving at times....

Kash Poet

Date: 2/6/2011 1:04:00 PM

Yes a hair breadth escape it was!nice Etheree--kash

Wilma Neels

Date: 1/19/2011 4:09:00 AM

Your friend was quite lucky Andrea, great Etheree, enjoyed this one as well.. love Wilma

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 4/17/2010 10:55:00 AM

Andrea, Sounds like the angels were on the scene and saved them from harm. This is a great etheree. Blessings, Connie

Gert W. Knop

Date: 4/17/2010 4:38:00 AM

Thia nearly ended for sure in tragedy!..It is always good to have a Guarding Angel with us, isn't it? Thank you for your comments. After my visitors have left, I'm back on PS with some new Tanka. All the best and keep writing! Love, Gert

John Beam

Date: 4/16/2010 7:03:00 PM

thanks for comment thanks sounds like they are doing alright i'm recovering from a wreck my self thanks for sharing

Skat A

Date: 4/16/2010 5:36:00 PM

Intresting one, Andrea sure looks like someone got saved by there Angel. Enjoyed thank U. Irma

Sara Kendrick

Date: 4/16/2010 5:02:00 PM

Someone was looking after her...That would be a horrible experience...Keep the creative pen flowing...Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my work...Sara

Lynette Chachere

Date: 4/16/2010 3:40:00 PM

a guy was speed racing with his friends after school just a month ago, and he killed himself, crashing into a tree which cut the car and him in half, his friends ran from the scene..which i don't understand..and my mother was literally thrown off of my dads motor cycle by a trailer truck backing up a few years ago.thats crazy how things happen that way, your friend and his wife were so near death, what a crash,right.glad they are well.i might look at it. -Always&Forever Lynette

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 4/16/2010 2:00:00 PM

Ow My,a scary experience indeed..tnk God they survived it all.Similiar experience happened to my young cousin age 21.. A drunk with a sports car crashed in his car,left him =fighting for his life for a whole Month in Intensive Care.. and he never recovered completely,tnk God He is still with Us,,If only people could be responsible enough to not drive when they drink...tnks for this poem dear friend..May we all learn from it to be responsibe and grateful to life...Charma

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 4/16/2010 10:41:00 AM

I am so pleased to have been able to read your poetry this morning Andrea. Have a wonderful day and so happy your friend is okay. Love, Carol

Carrie Richards

Date: 4/16/2010 8:13:00 AM

Wow....chilling poem, Andrea! Well done in this form!! So happy to hear it didn't end in tragedy! ~ love, Carrie

Daver Austin

Date: 4/16/2010 6:58:00 AM

Oh, yes! I love Etheree, love the short forms. The last three lines are devastating. Am so relieved for your friend, Phyliss. Love, daver

James Marshall Goff

Date: 4/16/2010 4:49:00 AM

pulse-quickening poem in a tight form! well done! Andrea! and thanks for your comments, I checked and the poem "My Grandparents Basement, Oh What A Nightmare" is on my first page of poems over a yr. ago....poem #19! Have a great wkend! jimbo