Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

The End of the Open Road

Electric cars are coming
  Driverless ones too
I wonder if you feel
  as disappointed as I do

If you remember the thrill of the road
  with the top down on your car
Wind whipping your hair wildly
  Speedometer's needle your guiding star

Accelerating on the freeway
  Punching out at green lights
Burning rubber at those stop signs
  Crossing the country, seeing sights...

Never again to 'see the USA
  in our Chevrolets,' we are
surrounded by sensors, alarms and air bags
  belted in seat harnesses and gagged

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Funom Makama April 27, 2021 at 6:54 PM Beautifully written with so much grace. Your lines are thick with craft and fascination. Great work.

Robert Pettit April 27, 2021 at 5:57 PM I currently don't have a car. My last one was a 2012 Fiat 500. That was the worst car I ever owned. I received a lot of compliments from people who thought it was a cute little car. However, it must have been engineered by a team of chimpanzees. You have another nice write here. Gershon Wolf April 27, 2021 at 6:42 PM Sure is nice of you to comment so nicely on so many of my poems, Robert. Much appreciated. :) gw

Quoth Theraven April 26, 2021 at 7:06 PM Gershon, Alas, progress. And what about us? We'll always have Nurburgring. -Richard Gershon Wolf April 27, 2021 at 6:41 PM I'd rather have a hamburger, if you don't mind, Richard. lol. :) gw

Mike Gentile April 26, 2021 at 1:05 PM I remember fondly my ragtop MG Midget! Your poem perfectly portrays my youth! Loved it GW. Happy Monday !! Gershon Wolf April 26, 2021 at 2:10 PM Feels like a shame, doesn't it, that the coming generations will never know this liberating feeling. But I suppose that we never knew the feeling of galloping off into the sunset on a happy horse... And so it goes... Thanks, Mike. Happiness and Joy, Gershon

Rico Leffanta April 26, 2021 at 11:59 AM Cars were once made of steel and chrome, whereas now they are plastic and foil. A drop of rain and the whole front end falls into the street! Aloha! Rico Gershon Wolf April 27, 2021 at 5:48 PM Pretty soon cars will be made of dreams and pixie dust. It'll be all perception and conception. ~ Deception

Caren Krutsinger April 26, 2021 at 7:25 AM We are so confined now; I guess we are going to have to ride motorcycles without helmets or kneepads again. Gershon Wolf April 27, 2021 at 5:48 PM I'm for riding kneepads without motorcycles. lol. :) gw

Tom Cunningham April 26, 2021 at 4:06 AM Those days are sadly long gone, the way things are going we won't need steering wheels as cars will be driverless. Tom Gershon Wolf April 27, 2021 at 5:47 PM Yup. The world is passing us by. No doubt about it: The electric / driverless age is upon us. All the big money is going there now. :) gw

John Fleming April 26, 2021 at 12:25 AM They certainly did have style, Shirley! But the new cars of today sum it all up: a world full of soulless people all looking for their supposed Shangri-La. All rather sad really. Nicely penned as always Mr Wolf. Best regards! :) john Gershon Wolf April 27, 2021 at 5:42 PM Thank you so much for your encouragement, John. Cheers, Gershon

Shirley Hawkins April 25, 2021 at 9:43 PM I agree, Gershon, the cars of today are characterless they all look the same. Antigue cars were works of art and had style... Gershon Wolf April 27, 2021 at 4:27 PM Don't you just love those old auto museums, like the one in Volo, Illinois? They're just grand. :) gw