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| PHOTO PROMPT – © Jean L. Hays |
DAYS GONE BY
This is all that is
left of those 70’s years
The mud, dust, sweat
and tears
Racing round and
round
Crunching gears into
the ground
Windowless, bashed
and crumpled
Knees bent, overalls
rumpled
Bob concentrated on
the photographs
He remembers the fun
and laughs
His wife pointed to
the stock car
His own logo a
panther or a jaguar
Those were the days
of long ago
He was young and
gung-ho
He imparted his love
of speed to his boys
They now raced amid
the hubbub and noise
The adrenaline buzz
won’t fade away
He relives it every
single day.
I like the sentiments.
ReplyDeleteI go to a stock car track near me sometimes. Those lads really take it seriously, like it's grown up fun fair dodgems! You really caught the atmosphere (but not the belching smoke thankfully!)
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This is fabulous! Well done, a complete picture - and yes, all without the smoke! Excellent!
ReplyDeletePassed on from generation to generation, I guess :)
ReplyDeleteHere's me Friday Fictioneers fiction
Nostalgia is sustaining.
ReplyDeleteGood piece.
I've never been into stock car racing but I know people who are. They can't get enough of it.
ReplyDeleteNice piece.
Ah. the passion of those stock-car.. never appealed to me, but i can understand the passion.
ReplyDeleteThe passion for racing seems to be in the genes of that family. Great description. Well done, Sally. :) --- Suzanne
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