{"id":16010,"date":"2022-06-15T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=16010"},"modified":"2022-06-15T09:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T14:51:48","slug":"a-poem-for-todays-drivers-no-matter-their-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/lifestyle\/personal\/a-poem-for-todays-drivers-no-matter-their-age-20220615","title":{"rendered":"A Poem For Today’s Drivers- No Matter Their Age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here is a poem that came across my desk. It is called Driver’s License<\/em> and written by Edgar A. Guest. Seems appropriate for summer driving.<\/p>\n

This is your license to drive a car:<\/p>\n

To be watchful ever where children are;<\/p>\n

To travel the streets and keep in mind<\/p>\n

That people are sometimes deaf and blind<\/p>\n

And lame and feeble and care distraught<\/p>\n

And accidents come from lack of thought.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is your license to drive and so<\/p>\n

All that it means I would have you know.<\/p>\n

Though it isn’t printed in language plain<\/p>\n

It’s an affidavit that you are sane<\/p>\n

And it also tells that your city has found<\/p>\n

Your faculties clear and your body sound.<\/p>\n

It says that your city has faith in you;<\/p>\n

That never a wrongful act you’ll do;<\/p>\n

That you know how dangerous hills can be;<\/p>\n

That you’ll pass no car where you cannot see<\/p>\n

A long, clear stretch of the thoroughfare<\/p>\n

And wherever you’re going you’ll drive with care.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carry your license to drive with pride,<\/p>\n

For how shamed you’d be were it once denied!<\/p>\n

It is sworn-to proof that the rules you know,<\/p>\n

That you’re neither stupid nor witted-slow;<\/p>\n

That your city, through its officers, finds you are<\/p>\n

Fir to be trusted to drive a car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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