Your Car Sir


 

Of course you have a choice sir
of course
we all have choices sir

one always has a choice
the very same choice
you
and the rest of us
have enjoyed
since birth

we can choose to live
we can choose to die
we can choose to smile
we can choose to cry
about it all

we can choose
to get the facts
to understand
or just wonder why

but we all must choose
you must choose

this car sir
will take you
to tomorrow

so if you’d like
to see tomorrow
get in!
now!

the next car back?

sir
that car
will never see tomorrow

but it will be up
in just a moment — sir
if you prefer

*
rob kistner © 2021

Poetry at: The Sunday Muse

Poetry Pantry at: Poets & Storytellers

 

WARNING: adult lyrics

36 thoughts on “Your Car Sir”

  1. we can choose to live
    we can choose to die
    we can choose to smile
    we can choose to cry

    Yes, many choices but it’ll eventually be the above two! Love the twist of humour in this take, Rob!

    Hank

    1. Love to you too Gillena. This piece I wrote is purposely confusing — not immediately what it seems. Trouble is, the “dangerous looking” chauffeur is at times, our dark or desperate selves, and we find it impossible, out of fear oe stark uncertainty, to accept the ride that will take us to tomorrow — because tomorrow is not one we may want to face. So we end up choosing the “always lurking” second car, the “death car” — thereby avoiding what may be an unacceptable or terrifying tomorrow. Things are not always as they seem. Sometimes that seemingly sinister chauffeur, offering tomorrow, is the one we need not allow to frighten us, and follow our own clear thinking, snd board the car for tomorrow — in spite of them. Good choices in life can be surrounded with intimidation — but they are still good choices.

    1. If one is sensitive to subtleness Chrissa, like yourself. Not all people are. It is frequently peoples inability to sense the oft subtle signs of someone seriously considering suicide that leave the one depressed or confused, alone with the decision — an unfortunate reality, and never a good situation. That second car lurks in the background more often, in this insane stressful world, than we care to realize.

    1. Some even choose the death car, I have lost three friends over the years, to suicide — rather than face their tomorrow. It ‘s sad, shocking, and sometimes utterly surprising. The signs are not always so obvious. At times of stress that 2nd car is always lurking — should we prefer.

  2. I also felt the sinister … like Mr. Slugworth in Wonka. I like how you made the image darker, sharper. Added to the vibe.

    1. Thank you Helen! I am an artist and a writer, hence the name of my site — Image & Verse. I am very sensitive to the appearance of any image on my site, so I try to bring them into their best light. I am a 2D and 3D designer, so I have all the digital tools required to edit and up-rez any image — so I do… and I thoroughly enjoy it. I was also a music performer with my bands for over two decades, and owned a home theater design & consulting company for over 30 years, a talent and experience I called upon in my decade contracted with Lucasfilm LTD — so music and video is also important to me, and a high-level element on my I&V site. That is the madness that drives me in my 17 years of producing and publishing Image & Verse.

  3. To wait might seem so much easier, and some people don’t realise it’s a choice too.
    The choice for tomorrow gives the company of the driver, even a hand to close the door.
    But even that is too much for some.

    I stood by the beds of those who landed in the car of tomorrow anyway…. the shock…

    1. No matter how stern the chauffeur appears, the door he is holding open on the car heading for tomorrow is the one you want Syl — that is, unless one is thinking about ending it all with suicide. If that is the case, wait for the following car — the one that never sees tomorrow… The Death Car.

    1. Thank you Lisa! I consider this form “free verse rhyme”, rhyme placed effectively in a free verse style. That Iggy song is beautiful, even with a couple places of erotic lyric, thanks to Goren Bregovic wonderful mandolin and guitar playing.

  4. The final choice, take the car or not, reminds me of the California Hotel song. (You can check out but you cannot leave +/-)
    ..

    1. Thank you Jenna. This is, through the glass darkly, my tribute and memoriam to my friends I have lost over the years, to unfortunate decisions — I loved them all! Perhaps this may open the eyes of someone, in real struggle, to realize — while there are no promises, there are definitely choices. The promises we need to make to ourselves.

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