Gasoline And Beer

Please think before drinking and driving

  

Guzzle guzzle

Into the tank

Ignite the horsepower

Accelerate and go

Pedal to the medal

Ride on.

 

Guzzle guzzle

Down the throat

Having a good time

Without a care

Feel the buzz

Party on.

 

Enjoy the open road

Enjoy a cold brew

Just don’t mix them together

It’s a dangerous combination.

 

For each one is powerful liquid

That can lead to excitement

But mixing gasoline and beer

Is just like playing with fire

With pedestrians and motorist

Becoming the kindling

And your living hell

Will never freeze over.

Reviews

[J. James Reider]

I wish I had read this before I made some of the choices I made... Of course it took a wet road, 3 beers and an oak tree to wake me up. That commercial is very true: "Buzzed driving is drunk driving." I was lucky that the only thing that was killed was my buzz and my wallet. I didn't even get a DUI; the breathalyzer came back below the limit, but I know the alcohol caused the accident.

The way you put it into verse was fantastic. It imparts an awesome message and if it is remembered by one person who chooses to call a cab instead of chancing it, then this poem will serve its purpose nobly. Wonderful job (:

[Natalie C]

You know my friend, I think this is one of those topics one cannot write enough about.
Great work bringing forth the complete and utter selfishness that goes with drinking and driving. I lost a very dear friend earlier this year because of a drunk driver and the worst part it was during the day in the week, I mean how selfish can one person possibly be. Hmm, it is a sickness, that his family, his newly born child who will never know her dad and wife will have to live with for the rest of their lives.

Brilliantly said, I couldn't have done it any better even if I tried!

[Dezaraye]

Please hand me a match! I have this weird pyro part to me ... I like fire. I wanna dump the gas and beer in a line and watch it go up in flames. I'm weird like that. :-P

This piece is very alive. I like it.

I like the "guzzle, guzzle" part. The message is very good. They should read this at my school when we have our "Prom talk" about safe driving, etc.

[Gary H]

Good point sadly not shouted loud enough. Very worringly this is something that happens in every country in the world - although I'm sure someone will point out this is a particularly crass statement with a series of statistics proving me wrong - but you know what I'm getting at.

Natalie has also written a poem about a friend of hers killed by a drink driver.

[Spoken]

A solid message well written. Great piece

[JC]

While the message is important, it is done in a way that keeps the reader engaged, without sounding preachy.

I could picture myself at a reading, with the author holding his writing in one hand and fist in the air with the other. I think the last part is most poingant, others may forgive, but you never forgive yourself.

Great use of analogy, imagery and flow.
Kudos and thanks for the invite.

JC

[Brianna Brie]

For each one is powerful liquid
That can lead to excitement
But mixing gasoline and beer
Is just like playing with fire

The title is most excellent. Great message presented in a non threatening way. Your the POET!

[Emily B]

And most often they kill the innocent. The ones living their life, going to work, going to school, caught in a circumstance they never imagined.

[Winter McPherson]

Thank you for this reminder to everyone. I was a DUI instructor (for the ones that got caught) for three years and heard a lot of horror stories.