Burt Reynolds, the Bandit

He was so super cool Who on the screen bent the rules When the sheriff was in pursuit with no holds barred The 70’s rocked in part because of Burt Reynolds starred And the Black Pontiac Firebird running ahead With Sally Fields as his sidekick without dread Jackie Gleason the sheriff chasing the sumbich in his way To deliver a truck load of beer as he raced away So Smokey and the Bandit is history now But we will remember him as the epitome of cool with a dash of pow Vale to a screen hero who passed today A movie star who made us laugh and was cool in his own way. © Paul Warren Poetry