Aim High In Steering Poem by Michael Pruchnicki

That's what we were taught in Driver Ed
to aim high in steering doesn't come
naturally we were told time and again
most novice drivers behind the wheel
tend to look down the length of the hood

Like people you doubtless know
who start the day without a thought
(some kind of plan in mind)
it need not be lengthy or detailed
a sort of rough draft as it were

Writers face the same kind of problem
it seems to this observer of the scene
the boring stuff (to some) about grammar
and punctuation and the conventions
of spelling in accord with accepted usage
should be mastered just as rules of the road
must be internalized before you drive
on busy streets! Avoid instructors who slight
learning the basics of any skill
or the critics who ridicule what
may be difficult for them!