Cadillac Jack
As cars go...
This was a good one
Gleaming black
A perfect car...
for Cadillac Jack
What's in a name?
People have names for cars
Pet names
It's all in that peculiar car game
Cadillac Jack was no different,
but more of that later
Dogs look like their owners
Cars are the same
It's all in the car game
Cadillac Jack,
was fat and chunky too,
although he would never admit it
The car did the walking
Jack did all the talking
Cadillac Jack,
a cruising man you see...
Fat and single,
gleaming black,
just like the car
Cadillac Jack,
works occasionally
Never hard for the car he drives,
takes all his time,
for it is time he does lack
Jack is hitting sixty
and that is not on the speedo
The car, is all he has,
for he has no libido
The car is his woman
Gleaming black
Soft and quiet
It's cool in the back
Rubbing down every sunday,
waxed and polished,
under a fierce sun
Cadillac Jack is number one
The car...
Second to none
This is Cadillac Jack,
hitting sixty
the secret is in the game
the car...
a wife in all but name
Oh yes!
The name...
Jack told me once,
so softly he muttered
My dear...
Her name, he uttered
Myrtle Murgatroyd
I nearly burst out laughing I fear
Cadillac Jack,
with such sangfroid
Let it go,
for he did know,
the name of my car
which I will not mention here!
Jack died a while back,
yet I see his car
cruising still, like on a quest..
I look for a driver,
haven't seen one yet
Mrytle Murgatroyd,
dressed in her sunday best
All in black
Like a true widow,
she conducts her self with dignity
She never hits sixty,
you know...
Myrtle is by a quirk of fate,
a hearse you know
Explains why she never went over sixty
Just like Jack,
she can wait
for Jack is now in the back!
that car is still cruising around,
looking for a driver that can't be found
Myrtle Murgtroyd...
and Cadillac Jack
They'll be back...
Copyright © Matthew Brackley | Year Posted 2007
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