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A Modern Day Nursery Rhyme

 By  Thomas J. Crane    

Sally:  Oh where, oh where did my little car go?

           They took it away, that's all I know.

Chorus:  Poor Little Sally, you don't  know?

              It failed the Emissions Test and had to go.

Sally:  New battery and tires and fenders too.

          How could it fail when it looked so new?

Chorus:  It does not matter to the people on high.

              They declared your car a polluter and it had to die.

Sally: How could they be so mean and cruel?

          Who are these people who think I'm a fool?

Chorus:  Politicians and bureaucrats and lobbyists too.

             As long as they make money they could care less

             for you.

Sally:  But I thought the environment was the reason they

           gave.

           Plus the lives of the people they were trying to save.

Chorus:  Pardon our laughing, but that's not their game.

              While they make millions, you suffer the blame.

Sally:  Then I am a victim of greed and spite.

           As a United States Citizen, that ain't right.

Chorus:  Ho, ho, it's off to the bank we go.

              While we drive in limos and travel afar,

              Poor Little Sally has no car.

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