Gas Prices Don'T Matter

Gas Prices Don’t Matter

By Elton Camp


Whether gas prices are going up or down
Matters not to one group near our town
Go up highway 43 to Ethridge, Tennessee
And there these self-sufficient folks will be

No vehicles with cylinder eight, six or four
One or two horsepower and need no more
And the least troublesome vehicles around
Not any fancy power features to break down

Having figured out how to run them on hay,
There are no exorbitant pump prices to pay
How this relieves them from so much strife
There’s lots to be said for the simple life

(Written about an Amish community near here.)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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May 17, 2011 at 6:46 AM
I am so pleased to have had the pleasure to read your excellent poetry this morning Elton. Thank you for sharing it with us. Hoping you have a week filled with inspiration. Love, Carol
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