Keep the Change Cuz

Nerves hang out at the idle pump
Gas don't pump itself thinks Mr. Rich
While Bubba plants himself out front
Like an un-watered flower in the sun  
Picks his nose and spits tobacco
Scratches private parts at no extra charge
Snorts, “Talk is cheap.” “What-l-it-be boy.”

The idle rich don't speak hillbilly
The sun-glassed man points at premium 
A  finger is a dialect Neanderthals understand
Red necks preferred language over clicks and grunts
That comes with understanding inbred afflictions
Eloquently executed elocution with a simple digit
To replace the usual marbles in the mouth chatter
Chewed up words spit out as garbled 
Not fit for consumption under a hot Texas sun

Who said anything about manners?
Mr. Sun-glasses just wants some GD gas
Not reptilian conversation
When you don't know English you pump

Petroleum comes from fossilized plants
Formed over billions of years                        
Why must we wait for man to arrive 
Over eons for creation to take place
For the simple evolution of  a smile

It's not like there is a line stretched for miles
To buy some petroleum products
From a creature covered in grease
Standing there with hose in hand
Wondering with his best laid plans
How to spell gas and make change 
And how to propose to his cousin
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018


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Date: 9/20/2018 9:18:00 AM
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