My Wheels Don’t Turn

April 21, 2012 at 3:31 pm · Filed under Good stuff, Poems, Random Thoughts ·Tagged beauty, Charles L. Mashburn, flowers, http://dversepoets.com/2012/04/21/poetics-duty-calls/, poetry, rain, springtime, writer

We’re having a fantastic spring here in east central Texas, and hoping it doesn’t snap off into a brutal hot summer like it did last year. Oh, we know it’ll get hot, we’re just hoping it doesn’t get THAT hot again! We’ve already had more rain the first four months of this year than we did for all of last year, so we got that going for us. And, things are looking good; too good, seeing’s how I have to mow the lawn every week!

My Wheels Don’t Turn

But I ain’t broke

   So don’t try to fix me

    Sure, my wheels don’t turn

     But, that’s the way I’m made

      Not for the riding

       Just for the lookin’ at

        No seat to sit upon

         And no petals to push

          But you can look at them

           (Please don’t touch)

            And though I may not compare

             To a shiny red Schwinn

              There’s times when

               I really show my colors

               Yep

                Springtime is my time

                 That’s when duty calls

                  And I’m the talk of the town

                   The neighborhood, anyway

                     I was made for sunny weather

                       And a little rain

                        Won’t dampen my spirits none either

                           In fact

                            We had a little shower yesterday

                              And I feel good!

So, I gotta ask ya…

                           How ya like me now?!?!

 

Copyright © 2012 C. Mashburn

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