Flat Batteries

My car wouldn't start today.
It sputtered and died, who really cares anyway
it's not like I can get a jump for it
its not like I should give up and quit
I want to use the F word but lacked any desire
beside I am singing to the freaking choir.

My car up and died this morning like a boss
I almost felt something about feeling a loss
it wasn't so much a lack of desire to scream
as a reluctance to make it more than it would seem
It's just an old car with an older battery
it's not something worthy of much concern
or anything I would take more as flattery.

I was late to work and it only mattered to me
that is all it is and then in this flippancy lies
the final irony.