TOP
WILL STEAL
YOUR SOUL
WITH LINES
AND WHEELS
AND FULL
CONTROL,
SHINING
BRIGHT
OUT THERE
TODAY
WAITING
FOR THE
TIME TO PLAY,
FIRE UP
AND ROLL
IT OUT,
LET THE
SALMON
SIZZLE,
WE HAVE
OPENED
UP THE TOP
TO VIEW
THE CROP
OF BRAND
NEW
STEEL
HOUSE
GRISSEL,
IT WAS
QUITE
SUDDEN
THIS BRIGHT
ARRIVAL,
COMING ON
OUR TRUE
SURVIVAL
OF ONE GREAT
SMOKY
HOKEY
NIGHT,
WHERE THINGS
WENT
WRONG
INSTEAD
OF RIGHT,
THE BIG
OLD
BLACK GUY
RUMBLING
ON,
MAKING
FLAMES
INSTEAD
OF SONG,
WHEN THINGS
GOT
OUT OF HAND,
AND LUCKILY
SOMEONE
WAS THERE
TO JUMP AND
TAKE A STAND,
SO SOON
THE PATIO
WAS BARE
BUT NOT
FOR LONG
BECAUSE
ALONG
CAME A
DELIVERY MAN
WITH A BIG
NEW BOX
AND CUTE
GREEN SOX,
AND THEN
THE FUN BEGAN:
ALL AT ONCE
THE PARTS
LINED UP,
WHEELS
AND STEEL
AND RUBBER
LOCKS,
GRILLS AND
FRILLS
AND FANCY
PLANS
TO HOLD THE
ASHES
WHEN THEY CAN,
SO NOW YOU’VE
GUESSED
HOW WE
OBSESSED
UPON THE
FINAL STROKE,
A BEAUTIFUL
TOPPER
ALL ROUND
AND SMOOTH
WITH FABULOUS
COPPER,
SHINING
IN THE
AFTERNOON
BOUNCING
AROUND
DESPITE
THE GLOOM,
IT WAS ALL
A BIG SURPRISE
MENDING FENCES
BEFORE MY EYES,
JUST REMINDING
ALL OF YOU
WHO
BELIEVE
THIS TYPE
OF THING
COMES TRUE,
ALL YOU NEED
IS A CREDIT
CARD,
A SMILING
FACE AND SOME
GOOD REGARD,
PATIENCE HELPS
WITH A FEW
FINE TOOLS,
READ THE
SIMPLE
HELPFUL RULES,
POP THE
LITTLE OPENING
PLACE AND
TURN THE WHEEL,
THE FIRE
COMES ON
TO CLOSE THE
DEAL,
LOTS OF
WONDERFUL
CURB APPEAL,
LIFE IS
GOOD
FOR THE
SPINNING
WHEEL!
©JW WINSLOW 4/1/19