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A. L. Becker
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since 2002-09-06
Posts 167
San Francisco, California

0 posted 2002-10-23 12:36 PM


Somebody stole the Annika car!
Now this is quite a shock
I searched around the corner
I looked all round the block

The Annika car’s been stolen!
I loved that car so much
A thief now knows her splendors
A crook enjoys her clutch

It was a fancy Jetta
Volkswagen made, its true
I treated her like a sister
And kept her looking new

We'd tear around the Avenues
And climb up steeply hills
The way she handled Lombard Street
Would bring Andretti chills

Her seats were oh so comfy
They firmly gave support
I wish they'd find that criminal
I’d testify in court!

The Annika car is silent
And that is just as well
I’ve done so much inside that car
The stories it could tell

If you ever see the Annika car
While taking a little trip
Please don’t tell me, no no no
I’ll cry if it were stripped

I’d like to find a seer
Who's crystal globe would say
“It’s there, you are mistaken
Look it’s still parked on Clay!”

Alas, but that can't happen
The Annika car is gone
It's my fault, ‘tis I who parked
And left her all alone

So when my Allstate man calls
And sends my little check
I’ll get a car with a cd changer
Instead of an old tape deck

But I’ll still pine for Sweetie
My lovely former ride
The Annika car I cherished
First car I ever buyed

Somebody stole the Annika car
Oh mournful, mournful day
I wish they hadn’t done it
But sometimes life’s that way

The Annika car’s been stolen
It doesn’t seem for real
She’s gone but not forgotten
The Annika-mobile!



"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?'
Let us go and make our visit."
-Eliot


[This message has been edited by A. L. Becker (10-23-2002 04:05 AM).]

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SailorFirebird
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since 2002-10-21
Posts 16
15 Miles North of NoWhere
1 posted 2002-10-23 09:42 AM


wow.  i liked it.  i also liked the rhyming scheme.  awesome.  

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Joyce Johnson
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2 posted 2002-10-23 11:11 AM


Wonderful rhyme in this one and a happy sad little story.  I liked it very much.  Joyce
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3 posted 2002-10-23 06:07 PM


A.L.Becker~
Awwwwwwww, this is sad and cute at the same time~
Nicely, nicely done ... and I'm sorry about the little Annika~

Maybe she'll end up selling her 'stories' to The National Inquirer ?

Seriously ... hope she turns up no worse for the wear~

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Street Heart
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since 2002-09-05
Posts 349
Pennsylvania,USA
4 posted 2002-11-01 03:08 PM


I'm so sorry,Annika!Wow...but how you turned
a sad experience into such a written work of art!Really though,why can't people leave their dirty little hands off other people's stuff?Sometimes a thing is more than just a "thing",and then some idiot steals that certain something that became a comforting part of your world.Sorry you lost your buddy.

Peace,Geoff

A. L. Becker
Member
since 2002-09-06
Posts 167
San Francisco, California
5 posted 2002-11-02 09:31 PM


Thanks, Geoff, that'll teach me not to get so attached to material things, LOL!
Annie!

"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?'
Let us go and make our visit."
-Eliot

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