Poem: “To The Lady In The Electric” by Edgar A. Guest

A Heap o’ Livin’

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To The Lady In The Electric

  Lady in the show case carriage,
    Do not think that I’m a bear;
  Not for worlds would I disparage
    One so gracious and so fair;
  Do not think that I am blind to
    One who has a smile seraphic;
  You I’d never be unkind to,
    But you are impeding traffic.

  If I had some way of knowing
    What you are about to do,
  Just exactly where you’re going,
    If I could depend on you,
  I could keep my engine churning,
    Travel on and never mind you.
  Lady, when you think of turning,
    Why not signal us behind you?

  Lady, free from care and worry,
    Riding in your plate-glass car,
  Some of us are in a hurry;
    Some of us must travel far.
  I, myself, am eager, very,
    To be journeying on my way;
  Lady, is it necessary
    To monopolize the highway?

  Lady, at the handle, steering,
    Why not keep a course that’s straight?
  Know you not that wildly veering
    As you do, is tempting fate?
  Do not think my horn I’m blowing
    Just on purpose to harass you,
  It is just a signal showing
    That I’d safely like to pass you.

  Lady, there are times a duty
    Must be done, however saddening;
  It is hard to tell a beauty
    That she’s very often maddening.
  And I would not now be saying
    Harsh and cruel words to fuss you,
  But when traffic you’re delaying
    You are forcing men to cuss you.

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