No matter how long he stared at the fuel gauge, he knew that it would not budge. Out here in the middle of the countryside, in the middle of a forest, in the middle of the track that doubled as a footpath and road, he was stranded in his brand new Vauxhal...
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It's An Accident Waiting To Happen
Mom had her doubts - and she was proved right.It was all my fault, I should never have said yes. Approaching his birthday he asked for a new car to replace his old battered one. I agreed but told him not to drive too fast, but as usual, he didn't listen. "Don't worry Mom - it'll be okay." I knew it w...
My 25th Beer Anniversary
A Country song where beer makes one woman really prettyThe woman in my life had just left me. She said I’m a loser and a perpetual drunk. I don’t know if she was degrading me. She’s ugly, but she sure had spunk. I went to the bar feeling lonely. My tail had no wag as I drank. A woman just sat down beside me....
Could It Be
Could it get any worse?I reached over and turned the radio up as I drove toward the office. At 5 am it was too early to even be awake, much less headed to work, but the boss had called. As his assistant, when he called I answered, anytime of the day or night. Annoying as it cou...
Fast Life: An Ode To Speeding Fines
Ah, the humble speeding fine. You pop up in my life so often, I figured you deserved some poetry...I drive too fast sometimesit's truemuchtoomuchtoomuchtoomuchtoofastI have the papers to prove itlittle slips of black and pink and whitefilled with numbersfiguresproofThey showi had somewhere else to be urgentlySomewhere elseanywhere but here(or there)So...
The Boot
A driver hopes to dispose of the woman locked in his boot but a passing cop has other ideas...He hadn't seen anyone since he passed that police car on the other side of the forest. Finally he thought it was safe to pull over, swerving onto the verge and killing the engine. The countryside seemed so quiet compared to the blasting noise of the stere...
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7 Heart-Shaped Scars
How easy and fast your life can be altered even when you did everything right.Today is September 18, 2013, I was hit by a car around 10:15, I knew that because I had worn my pocket watch as a necklace. It was a normal day at first, I had other things on my mind this morning. My dad woke me up to tell me that I had to cover for my o...
Front Street Auto
A good mechanic is hard to findPretty blonde mechanic put a hex on my carNow I can't drive it very long or farMy headlights have cataracts, need to be replacedGot shorts in the electrical that need to be tracedMy clock don't tick and the radio won't playI will just have to bring it in...
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Flying Through the Air
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