The Comet and the UFO

One time I bought a Comet, blacker than the night,

And while I’m drivin’ in it, I took my greatest fright.

In the state of Utah, a Junction called La Sal,

Got a call from Chi-town, gotta’ weld the rail.

Got a job a’ waitin’ in that Colorado land,

Workin’ for Mister Muncie and his merry band.

Gotta’ load the Comet somehow stuff my bike,

In the trunk I place it, ‘fore headin’ down the Pike.“

This car is overloaded,” my Uncle shakes his head,

“better you be careful, than windin’ up all dead.”

I head out on the highway, at Cortez I turn north,

My overloaded Comet is swayin’ back and forth.

Darkness falls, the road grows deadly silent,

Six pack sits beside me, blackness out in front.

Not a car in sight as I travel through the night,

I look up at the mirror to see an awful sight.

My eyes get big as saucers, I think I’m turnin’ white.

There’s a flyin’ object in my mirror, givin’ me a fright.

Yellow oval chasin’ me, so shiny and so bright,

Never believed in UFO’s before that fateful night.

I mash that throttle through the Comet’s floor,

Hopin’ that the little Six will finally start to roar.

Alas, I cannot shake it, it’s hangin’ on my tail,

Tiny engine strivin’ hard , but it’s sure to fail.

Carvin’ up a canyon, I slide around a curve,

Lord, I think I lost it, buildin’ up my nerve.

Canyon’s full of twisties, I round another turn,

And there it is behind me, ridin’ on my stern.

The miles they’re tickin’ by, just like a turtle race,

I try to steel my nerve, the demon I must face.

A lonely hour passes, my blood is flowin’ slow,

I’m thinkin’ ‘bout my fate, there’s no place left to go.

I cannot even fathom this thing that’s chasin’ me,

Rollin’ through the night tryin’ hard to flee.

Then I spot a tiny light ‘a shinin’ up ahead,

Maybe it’s a town I say, fightin’ off the dread.

I slide into a station, spewin’ gravel to and fro,

Attendant starin’ at me as he hollers, “Whoa!”

I bolt the door to tell him about the UFO,

Then it finally hits me to my mortal woe.

That object in my mirror isn’t what I thunk,

Reflection of the moon, shinin’ off my trunk!

LDT Nov ’20

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