My good friend, Paul Daley, did write that some of my poems (and I quote) "might raise an eyebrow or two"! So if you have loose eyebrows or are pretty conservative in what you want to read, don't read on - maybe read some of my other poems which will be in another thread. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! I think and hope that they just manage to stay on the side of what's decent so especially if you have a good sense of humor please read on. I will hopefully be progressively adding to this thread.
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The set up for this poem is based on an incident at the Hamilton rally but no ladies were actually shocked.
ODE TO A RENAULT
It seems that no matter how hard you try
A Renault won’t run with a loose butterfly
On lifting the bonnet the fault fast appeared
The butterfly screw had just disappeared
No entrant it seemed had the needed spare
I can head into town and pick up one there
I was just thinking in my fevered head
The Renault is French so I need metric thread
On seeing a local I knew what to do
Excuse me dear lady “Where can I get a screw?”
I guess I can’t blame her given what I did say
It might have been better put some other way