Day 595 of the daily poems. Our poet Colin Hopkirk gives us a shining example of righteousness and rectitude … Perhaps Sacredness, like Beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
Yea, each Saturday
it came to pass
the cleaning of the car
loosening the dirt
cold baptism with hose
followed by shampoo
of finest quality
applied with special sponge
then rinsed with lukewarm water
chased off with care
with finest chamois leather
then Turtle Wax applied
a thin application
(more would be wasteful)
its fine white haze
buffed clockwise
in a circular motion
then Autosol for chrome
similarly applied
similarly buffed
and the car
the sacred car
parked out on the drive
a shining example
of righteousness
of rectitude
a public declaration
of cleanliness being
next to godliness
the devil making work
for idle hands
Colin Hopkirk