Donnington Park BTCC Day out

some thoughts on cars

My car is a second home

it moves me to drive

this portable roadside life

through ever changing scenes

played out in temporary domesticity

My car is the way i am

organised, meticulous

a well-oiled sense of continuous pride. 

Passengers respect my code

as I pilot them to a fixed point. 

My car is an office

delivering lectures, conferences, and sales

a workhorse steed

shining up the motorway

gallantly troving the distances

between failure and success. 

My car is a source of knowledge

of mysterious parts

greater than the sum of the whole. 

A creature that responds to

wrench, drench, dabble and tweak

with torque and turbo

and increased know-how. 

My car is a necessary evil

putting personal needs above

community, planet, and nature. 

I can reduce consumption

and collateral damage

but can't stop shopping, school runs and outings.

My car is a fantasy and a weapon of death

a journey that last a lifetime

beginning with a single spark

a miracle of modern engineering

the mixed blessing 

of human ingenuity, 

The source of the question and the answer.