POEM: Cars Past And Present
This was created for the CPC Wonderful Wednesday poetry challenge. Cars is the topic. The poem refers to nine videos I posted for the challenge.
CARS PAST AND PRESENT
Riding along in my automobile
in the 1960s,
a little was a lot:
little GTO;
little deuce coupe;
little old lady from Pasadena.
“409” was not a household cleaner.
In a hot rod Lincoln,
evidently if you floored it,
telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
The guy in the Caddy
got pretty maddy
when the guy in the Nash Rambler
went beep beep,
especially when he did hear
“Hey buddy how do you get this car out of second gear?”
bleep bleep bleep bleep his mouth went bleep bleep bleep.
See the USA in your Chevrolet
or your Ford or your Chrysler,
Or nowadays, if you are fond ta,
see it all in your Honda.
or even a Toy Ota,
if you can’t afford a real car.
Your life may get a new lease on
if you see the USA in a Nissan.
A new Subaru
can do a lot for you,
while a Mazda
does not seem to rhyme with anything,
but can still be fun to drive.
Speaking of driving,
it’s a good way to get from where you want to leave
to where you want to be arriving.
Copyright June 13th 2012 RGD