Jekyll and Hyde

For changes in human behaviour

I think that the biggest by far,

is the obsession and pride that we all have

in the wonderful motor car.

We treat it with such a reverence

like an icon that’s sent from the Gods,

but it can turn the most mild mannered people

into miserable and stroppy old sods!

For a strange thing will soon start to happen

when we strap in behind the wheel,

as our sense of fair play and our honour

our car from us then starts to steal.

For as our eyes turn white and roll over

and we gradually turn into a shark,

there’s road rage flowing in our bloodstream

so at pedestrians we curse and we bark.

We drive just six inches from the bumper

of the car that’s ahead and in front,

but at well over eighty miles an hour

there’s an inevitable rear end shunt!.

As we leap out of the car that we’re driving

in a callous and murderous rage,

on the poor driver in front we vent our wrath

a world war we begin to wage.

As we bash on the sides of his windows

and kick at his wings and his door,

we’d like to take out this driver forever

by breaking his nose and his jaw!

After venting our frustration and anger

Jekyll slowly turns back out of Hyde,

so we can continue our journey now happy

in a calm and relaxing ride.

The most docile of people when driving

soon become monsters from deep within,

for the car is nothing more it seems

than a tin can made for sin !.