Lies - All Lies
[Got stuck in traffic today. The car in front of me was…
I kid you not… everyone’s favourite flying car!]
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Fifty years ago they said the oil would be depleted
Long before our third millennium was ever greeted
They told us wearing platform shoes would make our legs go bandy
I think, perhaps, they meant if you drink fifteen pints of shandy
Tenerife would fall into the sea and by the way
This would send a tidal wave to wash us all away
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was in front of me today
Of course it was a copy (which I shouldn’t need to say)
But when we hit a traffic jam, old Chitty didn’t fly
And so I must conclude that my whole life has been a lie!
Copyright © Terry Flood | Year Posted 2023
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