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August 30, 2012
By Beau Balswick BRONZE, Hilmar, California
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Nervousness settling in.
My hands are shaking.
I get called to the grey desk.
I’m told to wait in the car.
The person before me walks by.
Disappointment across their face like a mask.
I put my left arm up,
I put my left arm out,
I put my left arm down,
and the test begins.
Right, left, stop, turn, straight,
Yield, slow, go.
I managed through it with
the odds against me.
I park in the second space
from the left.
The instructor turns
to me and says
Congratulations you passed!
As she hands me my
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