"Jump Cabling" Poem # 3

This short poem "Jump Cabling" was written by Linda Pastan. It was a very short poem, but with lots of energy. I believe that the princess she talked about was Sleeping Beauty "When my car like the princess/In the tale woke with a start" (lines 6-7). This was a touching poem. It sounded as if she were in love with the person who was jump starting her car. It sounded as if she did not know the person, but wanted to leave together with him. She is in her own little fantasy, and I believe that this poem is so powerful because they are merely just jump starting her car. She also put more emphasis on the poem by putting breaks between the lines and the last word. On the last line it was powerful because she put it all together as if she was one hundred percent sure that that is what she wanted and felt "I thought why not ride the rest of the way together?" (8). Everything she wrote down on this poem made it all feel like it was very intimate. I love this poem.