Night Riders

I was ten, and George was twelve,

And Jerry close to fifteen,

And Chris, the eldest of us all,

The grand old age of sixteen.

But most important, she could drive,

She’d just received her permit,

And we were planning something grand,

On roads of dirt. And moonlit.

Yes, we were going into town,

The first time without parents,

To see a movie, cruise down main,

Just fun. (And not aberrant.)

And all went just as we had planned

Then much too soon, our ‘party’

Was done and we were headed home,

Feeling all grown up and smart-y.

But partway there, the fuel line,

Well, it just disconnected,

But nimble fingers went to work,

And soon it was corrected.

A little further on, we stopped

Cause now the tank was dry,

On such a dark and lonely road,

When no one lived nearby!

But then some lights! Who could it be?

Our neighbours, soon it prov-ed,

Had made their annual trip to town,

To do whate’re behoov—ed. 

They tumbled from their ancient truck,

“Now, kidsh, whash ish the matter?”

When we explained, they laughed and then,

They started in to chatter…

“Don’t worry kidsh, we’ve got a shain,

We’ll help you in a jiffy!”

We kids could smell the liquor,

(And were feeling rather ‘iffy’.)

But soon they’d gotten out their chain,

And wrapped it round our frame,

Our sister drove like Mario,

The speeds were nigh the same!

They dropped us off in our barnyard,

And waved to us so cheerful,

We kids trooped over to the house,

To give our folks an earful!

I often contemplate that night,

And think what might have been,

When neighbours came and saved us all

By appearing on the scene!
Though, it was a little scary and
it was a bit insane,
Driving 50 m.p.h.
On 12 short feet of 'shain'!

Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,
With poetry, we all besought,
To try to make the week begin
With pleasant thoughts. Perhaps a grin?
So Mother Owl, Jenny and Mimi,
Have posted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve seen what we have brought...
Did we help?
Or did we not?

Next week, because I Think it’s fun,
We’ll talk of WINDOWS. Everyone!