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he hung the green Cadillac

almost straight up and down

standing on its nose

against the phone pole

next to the

All-American Hamburger

Hut.

I was

in the laundromat

with my girlfriend when

we heard the sound of it.

when we got there

the driver had

dropped out of the car

and run off.

and there was the

green Caddy

standing straight

up and down

against

the phone pole.

it was one of the most

magnificent sights

I had seen

in years:

in the 9 p.m. moonlight

it just stood there—

the people gathered

the people stood back

knowing the Caddy

could come crashing down

at any moment

but it didn’t

it just stood there

straight as an arrow

alongside

the phone pole.

how the hell

they were going to get

that down

without wrecking it

was beyond me.

my girlfriend wanted to

wait and see how

they did it

but we hadn’t

had dinner

yet

and I

talked her into

going back into the

laundromat and then

back to my place.

I was not

mechanically inclined

and it pissed

me off

to watch people

who were.

anyhow

about noon

the next day

when I went out to

buy a newspaper

the green Caddy

was gone.

there was just

an old bum

at the counter

in the All-American

having a coffee

but I had already seen

the real miracle

and I

walked back to

my place

satisfied.