#MIDDLEBURY
Emergency Vehicles
Kay Ryan
Emergency vehicles
are on the way but
slow ones. You will
have to go on for
some time. Well, years.
Then one day they will
suddenly arrive
and show you your
chest, which is
neatly packed with
something, you see.
You thank them,
having feared you
would be lost.
About this poem
“We like to think of help as something quicker and more robust than these comical emergency services. But look: They help anyway.” – Kay Ryan
About Kay Ryan
Kay Ryan is the author of “Erratic Facts” (Grove Press, 2015). She lives in Fairfax, Calif.
The Academy of American Poets is a nonprofit, mission-driven organization, whose aim is to make poetry available to a wider audience. Email The Academy at poem-a-day@poets.org.
(c) 2016 Kay Ryan. Originally published in Poem-a-Day, www.poets.org. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
