Roadster

1928 Ford
Model A Roadster
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storied hotrodder grail
built for linear speed
when simple mechanics
were self-teaching province
of boys with their dad’s
common handtools and
two or three ounces
of oil in their veins

before interstates
back country two-laners
opened their curves to
industrious lads with
fast appetites engines
testosterone fueled
roared with jury-rigged
gleanings of junkyards

an era when life could
race right on the edge of
adventure the dangers
mere added inducement
no seatbelts or speed
limits stifled the spirit
no nanny state thwarted
the free-hearted soul