Eve Roper Poet Rhyme

There Are Fools Just Like Me

beautiful   drive   through   winding   roads 
forest  paths  and   clear   sky 
shopping in  town an hour away
riding high, friend and I
  
park  my  car   in  the parking  lot  
walking a honeycomb
of shopping,  coffee , and dining 
 we're  primed   to   head   back   home
 
how many times  I’ve  parked my car 
forgot where it may be,
the exact location it was.
there are fools just like me

I  don't   have  a  fancy   remote  
Sigh! to   set   off  my  car  
alarm   and   locate  it  by   noise 
I know it can’t be far

I’m tired of losing my white car   
wandering up and down
trying my key to see which door.
I must look like  a clown

a skill I still have not mastered 
nightmares  do  still haunt me  
looking ,but  never there, stranded 
it’s been towed  without me

7/24/2016

True story.  One day I tried my key in four different cars because they all look the same as mind and my friend just laughed at me. 

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Harry Horsman August 5, 2016 at 4:54 PM To admit to being a fool, makes you no fool, to write such poetry as good as this about it, say many more things, and fool is not one of them...love your humour Eve

Pashang Salehi August 3, 2016 at 2:39 AM Definitely you deserved the win...

Joanna Daniel August 2, 2016 at 9:00 AM Lovely, Eve:) Congratulations on your win:)

Andrea Dietrich July 30, 2016 at 7:23 PM haha. this was GREAT . I love your funny story. It's happened to me a few times. you could buy a little scarf and put it on the handle or something. There should be some little thing you could mark your car with!

Sara Kendrick July 30, 2016 at 8:44 AM Your wonderful work got my attention! I am so glad to place it in the winners’ list..Congrats to you. Sara

Anisha Dutta July 30, 2016 at 8:43 AM Congrats Eve to win. Hugs.

Jan Allison July 29, 2016 at 3:56 PM dropping back with my congrats Eve:-) hugs jan xx

Alexis Y. July 26, 2016 at 6:06 PM Hi Eve, No you are not alone. I do it too and I wasn't driving lol! Good luck in the contest: -) Alexis

Jan Allison July 26, 2016 at 2:22 PM oh dear Eve ... I always find some sort of landmark in the car park so I can find my car easily - saying that our car parks are going to be tiny compared to those where you are - great write good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx

Bl Devnath July 26, 2016 at 1:30 PM Such things happen to many as you. You have expressed beautifully my friend, bl

Scott Thirtyseven July 26, 2016 at 10:18 AM A most amusing story. Thank you for sharing this in such an elegant way.

Gary Bateman July 24, 2016 at 2:33 PM Hello Eve, This story is indeed a funny one. I had a few occasions like this one myself especially when I lived in Washington, DC some years ago. Parking and finding one's car later can turn into an unexpected exercise. Best of Luck in the contest!! And thanks for your recent read on my new Canzone write!! Cheers and Best, Gary

Anne-Lise Andresen July 24, 2016 at 2:13 PM - Embarrassing, but easily done Eve ..... :) - Luck in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Daniel Turner July 24, 2016 at 5:40 AM Mrs Eve, just get you a bumper sticker and if your cell phone has a camera, take a photo of something nearby, like a lightpole with a number on it. Don't feel bad, it happens to all of us. Great poem!

Viv Wigley July 24, 2016 at 2:03 AM Moral of story, Eve- get yourself a 1970 Cadillac ElDorado, spray it fluorescent pink with yellow flowers, and put an extended radio aerial on it with a golf ball on the end. That should sort it. Fun write, Viv x

Arthur Vaso July 24, 2016 at 12:27 AM well at least I now know who has my car! Hope you enjoying it!!! Hugs!!