Inferno Red

the new dodge challenger

Soft kitten like purr

vibrates beneath her feet.

Sleek sides done in inferno red

are trimmed in chrome.

In park she whispers I’m fast,

 but once she’s opened up hear her scream

with all 470 horses tuned tight.

From a sited position smoke puffs across her path

as tires squeal from a full 360. 

Tires heated red and adrenaline thin

she stomps the pedal and takes to high gear

corners firmly fitted she eats up the track.

Windows down hair stirred wild,

she eases to the approaching light.

Now windows go up,

hair back in a bun and

easy does it all the way home.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

zoom zoom....this is so nostalgic for me....brings me back to high school in the mid-sixties..cruising the blocks...all the rods...

and the car songs...i hear Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, The Rip Chords and others.

so cool...

thanks for bringing me back...

"tack it up, Tack it up, buddy gonna shut you down!"

[Cherrie]

glad you enjoyed the trip around the block :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

most definitely did. thanks

[lee von cleef]

I think of a Okie, librarian ,Naughty, Naughty, midnight run to the cool open late night light,of Buffalo Oklahoma, to find out who your friends are,who will drive from
Kansas ?Will they come from Colorado too? Or a Yellow Jacket from a canyon town of blowing Winter grama grass, New Mexico States ,Blue grass. And that thoroughbred can
run ,70 and 1/2 blue on blue camaro z 28.

[Cherrie]

the old z28 a great old car

[Mark]

heehee I loved my Grandma but I wish I'd one with a car like that. :P Great images great poem :)

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

All I can say is rev me up and watch me go... I love muscle cars. A really fun read.

[Cherrie]

all it's missing is a 8-track player lol:)

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Oh God no... don't make me feel old, can we at least say tape deck, lol

[Cherrie]

my first car was a '79 cutlass 442 with 4 barrels and 9MPG man I loved that old car

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Mine was a 70 Mustang, 8 cylinder. Too much car for a teenager.

[Cherrie]

lol

[Cherrie]

that's a fact what were are parents thinking,but back then even the granny car's were fast

[Cherrie]

they all had big block engines

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Well I had to sell it and got a 76 Dodge Colt, the guy who bought the Mustang from us wrecked it a couple weeks later.