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by K. Peddlar Bridges
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by K. Peddlar Bridges. aka The Hot Rod Poet. |
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When my 1937 house was built, It sat on the job site. It was the first, 1936 car - backed into the, 1937 garage. In 1941 ... horrible late fall day - My Uncle ... his friends Listening to old arch top radio .. Roosevelt's voice ... tell ... "We are at War!" My uncle ... his friends Even though ... not ... old enough ... swore! They were ... going ... over there! As a 1936 Ford ... sat at the pumps ... idling. Early Forties - Meatless Tuesdays - Gas rationing - Gears shifted by nervous hands as worried eyes reflect in rear view mirrors and dim lit headlights try to - pierce - into the dark road up ahead. |
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My mother carries me From Hospital door - To waiting -36 - Ford for my life and Fords had begain and as the clutch pedal was let out We all rolled toward - our - destiny. 1950s ... Quick blur of Light! Black Cars and Sun Shine - Till Sun Rose - 1961 - (OLD) 1936 Ford - 15 Dollar junker (box) (Young) 14 year old boy ... Marriages made in heaven ... Bang around the yard - Race engine - Fondle gear shift - Dream of Tomorrow. but sadly ... Some marriages - fade - ( Life turns - to dances - to girls ) and Dreams - turn to further horizons Then 15 Dollar junker boxes ( can go.) Life - Hopes - Mistakes - More life, Bigger Hopes - Bigger Mistakes - Boy - Older Boy - Man - Older Man - ( New Millenium. ) |
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1936 Ford - Sitting in Corner Lot - of AntiQue Car Dealer's Yard - A little raggerd - such as my-self - It is Still Black ... My hair is gray - It's engine ( re-built ) ( I wish mine were.) We bring - Back - the black - 36 Ford - To my little white - 1937 house - ( With it's little white attached ... garage. and Back the 36 ... back into the garage with old wood (Barn) like interior - ( There it sits in Stall ) Like Prize Bull - ( Circled ) by Tin Auto History signs - Photos of Old Cars - Old Trucks - Ancient MotorCycles. ) Auto number plates -... various ... years - Various States ... many colors - Auto club plaques ... some bought ... some won. It sits there - encircled - by, Auto Mechanic's tools ... Spare Auto parts ... As if it had never left. |
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Car Shows - Cruise Rides- club nights and Wrench Days. And some-times ... just turning on the old radio - Just to listen to ... it's old familiar (humm) or Perhaps ... Popping in a new tape .. of an Old Radio Show ... in the new tape player. "and now the Shadow." But .. I know some-day in dis-tant future - Some morning - My glasses will remain on night stand - My boots will not be drawn from corner and I know the Old Ford will never again be shifted again ... by my hand - But I know - the Old Ford again .. Will be driven again ... Shifted again ... by another hand. driven again toward a New Horizon ... as strange eyes ... will reflect ... in it's rear view mirror and new papers and Dreams will fill it's compartments - But, it will Still carry my Memories. |
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