Anxiety went into overdrive regarding... "check engine light" being on

I desperately clutched

(the Peanuts stuffed animal) Woodstock

to help me absorb shock.

What invisible agent

provocateur née ghost in the machine

sinister force hell bent

to rob me of every red cent,

whereby checking account

incurred major dent
(albeit figurative) required

yearly vehicular ownership event.

Unavoidable collision course

with money woes does frankly zap

proud owner of car will soon

find her/himself on penniless track

after salesperson (usually a man)

intones memorized commercial spiel,

and won't shut her/his yap

until quota of cars sold

guaranteeing bear hug wrap
courtesy company president

gifted bonus and vacation to escape,

(albeit temporarily) rat race trap.

Yours truly crafts (courtesy poetic license)

mine trademark prevaricated write

crowing, invoking, and lamenting malfunction

advertises, enunciates,

and intones game over

(by Tracy Lauren Marrow,

otherwise known as Iced-Tea),

whose claim to fame 1. rapper round rhymes;

2. fleet (truckload) of motorized

hot wheels (burning rubber)

quite a fiery sight;

3. check engine light advertisement

especially fluorescent hubcaps

that glows (like the

pulsating nose of Rudolph) at night.

Most recent experience (mine)

dealing with problematic
"check engine light" tsuris,

taught me helpful object lesson
after bringing our 2009 Hyundai Sonata

to Norm's Save Station
(earlier today 8/24th, 2021)

551 Gravel Pike, Collegeville, PA 19426,

which mechanic on duty
informed me that within Pennsylvania
said mechanical setback NEED NOT
be troubleshot if car driven less than

5000 miles per year.