TER General Board
Good poem, but my favorite is by e e cummings (I can't find a link to it on the web, so here it is in full; there is no copyright violation because I am presenting it here for strictly non-commercial purposes). With due apologies to those of you on this site who are too young to remember what a carburetor is. 
she being Brand
-new;and you
know consequently a
little stiff i was
careful of her and(having
thoroughly oiled the universal
joint tested my gas felt of
her radiator made sure her springs were O.
K.)i went right to it flooded-the-carburetor cranked her
up,slipped the
clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she
kicked what
the hell)next
minute i was back in neutral tried and
again so slo-wly;bare,ly nudg. ing(my
lev-er Right-
oh and her gears being in
A I shape passed
from low through
second-in-to-high like
greased lightning just as we turned the corner of Divinity
avenue i touched the accelerator and give
her the juice,good
was the first ride and believe i we was
happy to see how nice she acted right up to
the last minute coming back down by the Public
Gardens i slammed on
The
internalexpanding
&
external contracting
brakes Bothatonce and
brought allofher tremB
-ling
to a:dead.
stand-
;still)