Jump Cabling

I enjoyed this poem. I thought it it was a very sexual poem. When Pastan states, "When you lifted the hood of mine. To see the intimate workings underneath." This is refering to two people as lovers, and he is undressing her and looking at her body intimately. As he is putting the cables onto the car together, Pastan states "When we were bound together." They are referring to being together as well as connected sexually. When the car starts, I thought that she felt that she was in a fariy tale, as they finished their sexual experience. At the end Pastan states "I thought why not ride the rest of the way together?" This says that maybe it is possible that they could share their lives together. They don't know for sure, but want to ride in one car together instead of two cars so they can be as one.