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Check the speed

Michael Anthony Wooten 1975 (United States)

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Pistons pumping.
Engines roar.
Gears a grinding, hit the floor.
Watch the tach, Check the speed.
Shifting gears, I feel the need.
The turn is coming, don't look now.
This race is over.
I've won some how...

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This is for my love of Classic Hotrods.

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Written on 1999

Submitted by mw111175 on November 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABBCCDED
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 206
Words 44
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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