Be sure and read the other stories and poems, etc. written for this week posted in comments on River's DRIFTING THROUGH LIFE. Also go see the other set of words and the phrase. Give this fun WFW a try.
1. station
2. stranger
3. opportunity
4. release
5. notebook
6. heavens
FILL ER UP by Granny Annie
At the old time filling station
We were never a stranger.
They filled our tanks for us
To keep us out of danger.
Then along came progress
Some saw as opportunity
To cause us to pump our own gas
Doubling prices with impunity.
I used a notebook to write
The instructions for my ease.
Still it took me ages to learn
How to push the gas cap release.
I forgot never to light a
match.
It wasn't written, don't you see,
That fire and gasoline won't mix
Now heaven's home for me.
Should have left the job to the pros.
ReplyDeleteOuch.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant use of the words. And I can see that firey explosion now...
I left a comment at my blog saying how much I loved this, but I don't mind saying it twice. I LOVE this poem, so cleverly done.
ReplyDeletemy story will be on my blog tomorrow, Friday 17th.
Very good, Annie. :)
ReplyDeleteWhoa, you lit that one up!
ReplyDeleteYou are so good at this!
ReplyDeletei am laughing, it is good
ReplyDeleteYep, this was fun! wish I had time to think n do it! # minutes til shut off time...Thanks for giggle
ReplyDeleteLove this one Annie.
ReplyDeleteI nearly freaked out when I saw someone light up at the petrol station today. Thankfully he was getting into his car and not out of it.
In all the years I drove, and there were decades of them, I never once put petrol in my car.
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