Occasional services

What if this were the last day you could drive? So many face it every day. It is usually not scheduled. Such things come suddenly, or maybe they only seem sudden when they happen to us.

There are stages

To this letting go.

First comes the accident,

The emergency room,

The letter from the state.

Now comes

The farewell

To the driver’s license;

The hello

To the state ID.

The car keys

Go last.

I think they require a ceremony

For removal from the wallet.

I wonder if a liturgy

Has been written

For this occasion,

This odd poignant occasion.

I wonder if there is a book

For such occasional services

Which I know

Are more

Than occasional.