My salmon-pink car
that used to be red
is now salmon-pink instead;
it’s been six or seven years
and I’ve been close to tears
from the fading image of it there in my head.
It used to be so shiny and smart;
but, now, every year,
I need a new colour chart,
to see which colour thou art…
my salmon-pink car
only goes so far
and much slower than when it was Ferrari red;
now the colour has faded,
performance seems jaded
I should get myself a go-cart instead.
My salmon-pink car
is no jaguar
in British Racing Green,
it’s more a Mini-Moke
a Cockney-rhyming joke,
and it’s becoming more of a has-been.
One day,
it will fade away,
completely.
But, for now.
somehow,
I should claim ownership of it
more discretely.
My salmon-pink car
from which all the colour’s bled…
