Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DANGER CAR, by WALT MASON


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THE DANGER CAR, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The auto, as a grim destroyer, is difficult to
Last Line: Banker, and maimed an auctioneer.
Subject(s): Accidents; Automobile Drivers; Crime & Criminals; Death; Murder; Tragedy; Travel; Dead, The; Journeys; Trips


THE auto, as a grim destroyer, is difficult to beat. Just yesterday I killed a
lawyer, while scorching up the street. When first I got my car I uttered a vow
that I'd go slow. "This speeding mania," I muttered, "is what brings death and
woe." But I got going fast and faster, like many another scout; and now there's

always a disaster, whenever I go out. When home I come from some brief journey,

my wife asks, "Who was slain?" I say, "Three clerks and an attorney lay dead
upon the plain." I go kerwhooping every morning, o'er valley, weald and wold,
all rules and regulations scorning, I knock the records cold. A cloud of dust, a

roar and rattle, and I'm beyond your ken, as deadly as a modern battle, a menace

to all men. The rural cops would like to pinch me, but can't get close enough;
some day a bunch of men will lynch me, and that will be the stuff. And while for

such a stunt they hanker, I'm scorching, far and near; today I crumpled up a
banker, and maimed an auctioneer.





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