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January Flowers
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since 2000-02-01
Posts 209
South Carolina

0 posted 2000-02-25 11:31 AM


Zoom!
C R A S H
GO, Mark Martin!

To watch my sons in action
  is surely to amaze
Your heart with all the passion
they put into daily play.

A happier child cannot be found
than these two with their toy cars.
And imagination has no bounds
when racing around in the backyard.

The sound effects are just the beginning
  of their storyline~
When they tire of pretending,
they put their cars in a line

and admire the vast collection
(a hundred seventy-four at last count!).
These boys show much affection
  for the cars that Hotwheels puts out.

These tiny cars are in the chairs,
  the beds and the tank for fish.
I find them underneath the stairs
and even in our dog’s dish.

They’re everywhere they shouldn’t be
and in our home run loose...
I’d swear if it didn’t sound crazy,
these hotwheels reproduce!

Many parents, though, can relate,
  even some with small daughters.
These race car toys create
  amusement that last for hours.

Overall, I must say
  (although sometimes I wonder!),
Hotwheels cars are here to stay,
  ‘cause they’re what my kids do want for.

I only wish I had the chance
to turn back the hands on the clock
and take advantage of circumstance
and buy up all the Hotwheels stock!




[This message has been edited by January Flowers (edited 02-25-2000).]

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WhtDove
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since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245
Illinois
1 posted 2000-02-25 11:55 AM


LOL we sure needed this one around here! I can relate but not so much to hot wheels. My son didn't take an intrest in those, but my 2 daughters and the barbies and accessories.  hahaha....and now the pokemon stuff, cards, cards are everywhere!  Thanks for such an uplifting piece!
Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648

2 posted 2000-02-25 11:58 AM


ahahahahaha......this is great!!! Love it!!


Denise

Aimster
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since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297
Charlotte, NC
3 posted 2000-02-25 12:11 PM


~January...

This was just the cutest poem! I don't have children yet of my own..but I have two sister and lots of boy cousins. So I know all too well what you mean in this poem, about them being everywhere. I was a bit of a tomboy myself growing up and i loved "boy" toys   Great job!

Amy

 ~Live today as though it were your last but prepare for tomorrow as though it were here~

PhaerieChild
Senior Member
since 1999-08-30
Posts 1787
Aloha, Oregon
4 posted 2000-02-25 01:14 PM


I can really relate to this!!! Now that they are grown and have real cars, they still call 'em Hotwheels. Sometimes I really long for the days when they could park their cars in the backyard LOL. Very cute poem and thanks for the memories.

 Poetry~ Words falling on paper, painting a dream.

Shawna R. Holder
Boise, Idaho



Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049
California
5 posted 2000-02-25 02:43 PM


They do reproduce.  Your boys have the hot wheel grandchildren of the ones my boys had many years ago.  They haven't changed a bit.  Thanks for the memory.
bobbycat
Member
since 2000-02-06
Posts 233
USA
6 posted 2000-02-25 02:54 PM


ROFLAMO.....my son is only 21 months old, and is already in love with Hot Wheels!!!  He owns about 15 of them, and we can't ever leave the house without one clutched tightly in his hand!  Thanks for the poem...now I know what I have to look forward to!    

Bobbycat =^..^=


 ~~Blessed Be!~~

Corazon
Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 1209

7 posted 2000-02-25 03:01 PM


loved this, loved the ending...
RufffRyder
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since 2000-02-25
Posts 143
<------Over There------>
8 posted 2000-02-25 06:13 PM


Ok now,we all know that those hotwheels are really your`s
I still like playing with hotwheels.
Except the one`s I play with today (like all other big boy`s)cost more and won`t fit in the furniture
Nice read J.F.

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