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My New 1983 Buick LaSabre and Me
by Alex SmythOh, well. You can't expect to overcome
20 years
of low maintenance
in one afternoon
at a 75-cent carwash. 05/17/2003 Author's Note:
But you can sure enjoy trying:
cars and trucks coming and going all shiney and wet,
people bustling about
the hum of the vacuum cleaners, coins clinking, sun shining... all of this for a little pocket change.
*Yes, where I live carwashes really ARE 75 cents. With all our gravel roads, we couldn't afford them if they were more.
Posted on 05/17/2003
Copyright © 2024 Alex Smyth
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 05/17/03 at 06:47 PM Nicely brings back a flood of automotive images Alex. Thanks! :o) |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 05/17/03 at 07:45 PM LOL!!! "low maintenance" says it all! Clever and funny! But where would you find a seventy five cent carwash? Even in 1983! ;) |
| Posted by Allan Haslinds on 05/18/03 at 04:57 AM That's funny, Quentin. That exact sentence popped into my head as well! Short but sweet, Alex. I do however suggest folding some of those images from your author's note into the poem proper. They are evocative. |
| Posted by Ashok Sharda on 05/19/03 at 03:30 AM A zenish experience in just about 75 cents? This experience is worth much much more but well, not in terms of money. |
| Posted by Mara Meade on 05/19/03 at 05:51 AM BUSTING out laughini! Gads, girl... I can see you shrugging your shoulders and just accepting life as it comes. This is great! |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 05/28/03 at 05:01 AM Fun poem Alex: An exterior only car wash here
is $6.95 .....Charlie |
| Posted by Graeme Fielden on 06/15/03 at 10:33 AM very funny Alex...poinient & and oh so true! |
| Posted by Max Bouillet on 07/14/03 at 03:34 PM Superb! This is one of the truest poems I have ever read. Great wisdom; Great poem. |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 10/07/03 at 11:00 AM I feel the same way when I shampoo an old poem |
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