re: Alfa Dream

[dshimano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Jon,

I enjoyed your poetry. That said, please don't take offense if in jest I
offer my own version:

 SUV Nightmare
Take a ride on the earth
in a scream of sheet metal and rubber.
Sidewalk strangers clear a path
for a careening time machine.

The frame has been designed decades earlier
by men of a distant race.
But the soul remains encased in metal;
of obesity;
of plump;
bending limits of size and space.

Elements of design
Back of a bus,
as we continue their legend in our own way.
With gas and with more gas.
By the term of a lease, the ride of a dolt.

And while we may not race in the Paris Dakkar,
Our Camel Trophy? for groceries and back;
Disaster awaits us at every turn
of our bold chrome wheels.

dave s. ;-)


<<< ALFA Dream
Take a ride above the earth
in a dream of aluminum and rubber.
Sidewalk strangers peer above
at a gleaming time machine.

The records have been set decades earlier
by men of a distance race.
But the soul remains encased in metal;
of victory;
of triumph;
defining limits of time and space.

Elements of design
live on in us
as we continue their legend in our own way.
With grease and with wax.
By the turn of a wrench, the twist of a bolt.

And while we may not race in the Pyrenees,
Our Mille Miglia? for groceries and back;
Triumph awaits us at every turn
of a bold Mahogany wheel.>>>

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