Thursday, January 16, 2025

My First Car

Chevy, vintage 1953.

Only slightly younger than me

When I turned sixteen and

Started to drive, fresh with the

Freedom of being alive.

 

Yellow and white as I recall,

Slow to start, but

Quick to stall.

Automatic transmission they say,

When the gears didn’t slip.

She had her own way.

 

Often in need of a push

Or a jump.

More often than not

A pain in my rump.

No money to spend

Except to buy gas.

Repairs were a luxury taken to task.

 

Driveway decoration

-Belle of the ball -

A tastier memory I can’t recall.

 


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