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Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

0 posted 2004-04-29 05:09 AM

If alive
You would have been a good beast,
The metal
Doesn’t dim your spirit in the least;
Though not gleaming
I didn’t spend time in shining
(I’m not that sort of guy),
A little bit of dust,
But not a speck of rust
Looking good to the average eye.
Now you sit,
Yes, you were a good machine
But you’ve quit
More important than you seem,
It’s no disgrace
You’ve been replaced,
It happens to us all,
Along the way
Will come a day
Each of us will fall.

Gloom

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

1 posted 2004-04-29 09:39 AM

I too have an old reliable...grin...
There is nothing that can replace that security...no glitz, no glitter...just solid mobility. I will cry when the time has come to turn her out to pasture.
Great write.
TD

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2004-04-29 09:46 AM

funny thing if you are talking about a car...

I am on my way to pick up a new one today...

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

3 posted 2004-04-29 10:20 AM

Thank you, ThisDiamond,
After a few years it is a living thing, not just a hunk of metal.
Pleased you enjoyed.

Thank you, nakdthoughts,
Vehicle problems just adding to the mix of everything else,
Perhaps you can understand that, glad you liked my humble words.

Gloom

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

4 posted 2004-04-29 10:43 AM

Gloomy~

I felt the same way about the '69 GTO I had in my drive for several years.

*smiling*

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

5 posted 2004-04-29 11:26 AM

Thank you, Susan
Pleased my words can relate to your
Experience

Gloom

Sadelite
Member Elite

since 2003-10-11

Posts 2519

6 posted 2004-04-29 12:20 PM

I enjoyed this, thinking back to my 65 mustang. Poor thing didn't like the big wooden fences on an icy day. Still miss that car!

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

7 posted 2004-04-29 12:39 PM

it happens to us all

yeah

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

8 posted 2004-04-29 12:46 PM

And one should always be careful of what is being said in front of 'her'.

Loved this write..
Hugs~

~I love you - those three words have my life in them.~

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