let's go for a ride

your girlfriend
from ohio shows up
at your house in a stolen
car.
she beeps the horn
as she yells, hurry up,
hop in, they're after me.
you can hear the sirens
approaching.
you grab your coat
and hat and dive into
the front seat,
hey nice ride, hot?
it is she says, the
cops have been chasing me
through five states.
hungry? sure, you say,
there's a drive thru
burger place up the street,
you tell her, make a left.
perfect she says,
shifting into gear
and laying rubber on
the road. so what next, you
ask, grabbing the dashboard
and buckling your belt.
I don't know. she says,
grinning, rob a bank,
maybe?