My First Car

Randall Muirhead
Grade 10
Roseau Community School

Clanking, grinding, and popping under the hood

I'm surprised this thing made it here.

Painted black, blue, grey, and silver

Rust falling off everywhere

Cops following the loud exhaust

No heat, no seatbelts and only one lock.

Sliding around on winter roads

So big its hitting everything

Getting horrible gas mileage

Brakes went out one night coming home

Finally ended that car

By smashing into a light pole.

It was still drive-able because I drove it for a week.

Clanking, grinding, and popping even louder now.

Sold it to an old women

Glad to be rid of that 1988 Mercury.