Elton Camp Poet Rhyme

Playing Into the Hands of the Grim Reaper

Playing Into the Hands of the Grim Reaper

By Elton Camp

If it is the Grim Reaper who you’d like to meet
Get distracted while you’re in the driver’s seat

Normal driving is plenty dangerous enough
Without adding to it any needless other stuff

Just simply fiddling around with the car’s radio
A lack of proper to one’s driving does show

Driving down the road eating and drinking
Shows about wrong things one is thinking

Tending to a child is unreasonably risky too
Over on the shoulder is the place this to do

Turning to talk to folks in the back seat
Is another way that disaster we can meet

But doing texting is the dangerous one of all
Far worse than just receiving a cell phone call

For those who do it, there’s no need to mention 
It requires an extraordinary amount of attention

For if we keep our eyes off the road for that along
We may well find that we’re singing our swan song

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Carol Sunshine Brown November 10, 2011 at 5:42 AM I have enjoyed reading your poetry and wish you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be Elton. May inspiration come into your soul each and every day. I will stop in at the Soup and see how you are doing from time to time. Love and best wishes always, Carol