Song of the Open Car

I come a month ahead of time,

     Because the people call me;

I’m bound to shine the first warm day,

     No matter what befall me.

Although I bring disease and death

     They can no longer stall me;

I come a month ahead of time

     Because the people call me.

Of course I shiver and I flinch

     When wind and gravel maul me;

But I must either do or die

     Because the people call me.

April 8, ‘09