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What's it going to take (To feed my car)
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My tribute to what it will take to keep my old car on the road.

What’s it going to take?
(To feed my car)
© 2007
Dan Johnson


My needs are few,
roof over my head,
food in my belly
to keep my fed
and gas in my car,
ain’t going far,
(at these prices, who can?)


Paid $3.59 a gallon just today,
going up tomorrow,
more I surely don’t want to pay.
Times are getting mean,
trimming back as far as I can,
all I need is gasoline…
At today’s rate for me to putt putt along
my best bet,
would be a can of pork and beans.


Ain’t life a gas?


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 Reviews of "What's it going to take (To feed my car)"
Reviewed by Mitzi Jackson
Reviewed on May 27, 2007
for surely
put ten dollars in my tank got me 2.7
crazy prices

Reviewed by Rebekah Rosie Lang
Reviewed on May 26, 2007
Adorable Dan! I love it! Thanks for the
reviews to my site as well.
Becca

Reviewed by Phyllis Jean Green
Reviewed on May 25, 2007
Big, big smile. . .and a big, BIG sigh. Pork and beans ain' cheap 'ese daze {sic}. Good'un, Dan! 'Pea'xOx

Reviewed by Ch'erie de Perrot
Reviewed on May 25, 2007
LOLOL at Cynthia, not a bad idea...
But then they tell us methane is causing global warming, I dont know bout that, but it causes warming hehe

Chezza

Reviewed by Cynth'ya Reed
Reviewed on May 24, 2007
Yep, life is quite the gas Bro. Dan. But at least it's still cheaper than cab fare. . . (trying to look on the bright side.)
blessin's, keep that can opener handy with plenty of pork and beans. . . creating natural gas is what we might all want to do. . .and let it all loose in synchronized unison, put it in tankers, and power our cars with methane fuels.
love this. . .
cynth'ya

Reviewed by Rose Rideout
Reviewed on May 24, 2007
well Dan, it sounds to me you best park that car for a rest, and keep on writting, you can survive on the pork and beans. You sure got a way to make one smile, have a wonderful day.

Hugs Rose

Reviewed by Joseph* OneLight*® (Reader)
Reviewed on May 24, 2007
Dear Dan,

This is the direct result of the Bush Administration's policies. Don't forget that Bush and Cheney are making out like bandits.

Love & Light always and in all ways,
Joseph*

Reviewed by George Thompson
Reviewed on May 24, 2007
Dan,
Good play on words and every bit is as true as can be. Have you seen cynth'ya's poem called "suck'd," which covers what Americans can do about this gas situation?

George

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on May 24, 2007
Life truly is a gas these days. I sold one of my old trucks, and now, I ride a bike wherever I can - the upside - I'm getting lots more exercise - and these damned gluttonous oil companies are getting far less cash from me.

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on May 24, 2007
Hey all of you there, what are crying for, I pay seven bucks a gallon, yes U$S 7.00 pr.gl, so stop whining and count your blessings, until the boys from Haliburn gives you something really to whine about.
Life ain't a gas after all.
Georg

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo
Reviewed on May 23, 2007
An ode to the gas tank! Good question, but no answers of yet..At least you can see a little humor in this. What is next? Gas lines for odd and even license plates.........

Be safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Linda Hill
Reviewed on May 23, 2007
Dan,
Lol...It's over $3 a gallon here too! We nearly have to take out a bank loan to buy a tank of gasoline! It's awful. Hang in there, my friend!

Many blessings,
~Linda

Reviewed by Chantilly Lace (Reader)
Reviewed on May 23, 2007
Oh my,you are funny..LOL...Hugs

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on May 23, 2007
Ain't life a Gas??....yip if a different kinda GAS yes.....lol!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Theresa curnow (Reader)
Reviewed on May 23, 2007
lol. Very good Dan. I really liked this and so true as well. We'll all be getting on our bikes at this rate. Take care, love theresa.

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on May 23, 2007
Nothing like good old methane gas. LOL. The greed of the Oil companies knows no bounds and 5.00 a gallon will be with us before the end of the year and all the politicians will do nothing about it. We are importing millions of gallons less from overseas because the US oil companies are supplying the short fall with their oil because there is so much profit in it for them. When will we consumers do something about it. But as the oil companies know they have us over the barrel(Of oil)

Reviewed on May 23, 2007
Dan,

It's a gas for the rich...us poor slobs who have to work to afford the basic necessities get screwed again. They're talking about that on the news right now: many will be on the road over the holiday, prices be darned. What's it gonna take for us to say, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH???? Makes me glad I don't have a car, my own two feets are my transportation. Can barely afford to fuel mySELF, how would I afford to gas up a car? I wish big business would stop lining their pockets with record setting profits that WE pay...an excellent write, Dan, well done.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.


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