Bond’s Bentley resurfaces
Father’s Day Car Show
it seeps into the brain
slowly, like an oil leak
where it lubes the memory
–
Sunday the British gathered
the shiny SU carburetors
filled with slippery pink oil
–
the XKE was too hot (3 carbs)
the mini, too cool (1 carb)
but the MGB was just right (twin carbs)
–
when they all started their engines
and the field was bare
not a trace was left
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but a few stains on the grass
some tire marks
and a lingering smell of oil
Morgans in all flavours
Jaguar – six cylinders, three carbs
An original mini – single carb
MGB – twins
