The Car
The Car
By Janice N. Chapman
(C) 3/28/2001 All Rights Reserved
I have to tell you about it,
This car I bought one time.
I drove it off the lot, of course,
When the dealer said it was mine.
I stopped at the first gas station
Cause the gas tank was dry.
Opened up the hood –
And found I’d bought a lie!
Not only did the gas tank leak,
The thing that caught this eye of mine,
Was that all the belts that ran the thing
Were made of binder twine!
And then the balding tires
Stripped their new retreads,
And then I found that rubber bands
Held the lug nuts to their threads!
And as I checked her underneath,
This newly purchased prize –
Baling wire held things in place,
And tape was no surprise.
Here and there along the seams
Gum had been applied –
The dealer no doubt watched me leave,
Then laughed until he cried.
