100 % Review Forum Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful what you wish for.12 Years AgoTwinkle, Twinkle little star, I'm glad I put gas in my car, as now from heaven you do peek, without an inkling, its you I seek.The
car traveled effortlessly over the worn asphalt. Its high performance
engine purring with life, as the driver, a young man, a dreamer if you
will, pressed his foot on the accelerator. As the speedometer climbed to
95, the young man smiled. There was something to be said about living
in the Mid West, for one posted speed limits were for tourists and old
folks. And two, The long stretches of black asphalt, surrounded on
either side by green grass, the air smelled clean, fresh, and everything
was far and few in between, he liked that. He wished it could go
forever.Occasionally in the distance, one would see a patch of
light, someone's home, maybe a ranch. There were no buildings, no cars,
no people, nothing, save an occasional cow or two or three, but they
paid him no mind. Just the open sky, dotted with a billion pin points of
light, shining down and the open road. He inhaled deeply, and the crisp
countrified air flowing in from the drivers side window, jump started
his senses, he felt the familiar tingling deep down in his gut, as he
always did, when the week end came and he cruised the highways, with no
particular destination in mind.He glanced at the briefcase,
resting on the passenger seat, with his initials embossed in gold and
sighed. He had a ton of work to do. Three projects going at once. he
felt a momentary pang of guilt, then as quickly as the feeling came, he
dismissed it. The work could wait.He pressed on the accelerator
and the Speedometer needle, bathed in a diffused white light climbed to
105. The custom made dual exhaust mufflers growled as the baffles opened
wide.There was plenty of accelerator pedal left, 110, 115, The
car trembled slightly as the high performance suspension adjusted to the
speed. Still no shaking, no rattling. The young man glanced up at the
open sky, dotted with a billion pin points of light, shining down, and
smiled inwardly, 'This was the life, he thought '120,130,142 As
the car rocketed down the road, the headlights picked out something, on
the side of road. The young man frowned. he couldn't quite make it out.
Curiosity kicked in and he began decelerating, the car slowed,
80,70,40,20. He pulled it to the side of the road, and got out. The
light from the headlights bounced off of the shape. It was metal,
twisted, crumpled, rusted. A car, and from the look of things it had
been here a very long time.As the young man walked slowly around
the twisted frame, something caught his eye, old deteriorated, faded,
raised gold lettering, familiar, a briefcase. Heart racing, the young
man reached down to pick it up, but his hand passed through it, standing
he reached for the wrecks twisted metal again his hand passed through
it.Walking to his car, he placed his hand on the hood. The gentle
idle, was reassuring. Glancing up, as he sat down in the car, the young
man looked at the open sky, dotted with a billion pin points of light,
shining down. He understood.The car traveled effortlessly over
the worn asphalt. Its high performance engine purring with life, as the
driver, a young man, a dreamer if you will, pressed his foot on the
accelerator. As the speedometer climbed to 95, the young man smiled.
There was something to be said about living in the Mid West, for one
posted speed limits were for tourists and old folks. And two, The long
stretches of black asphalt, surrounded on either side by green grass,
the air smelled clean, fresh, and everything was far and few in between,
he liked that. He wished it could go forever.
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