To celebrate Older Persons Month

PARKING

By Joan E. Wilson

We've
got a real problem with parking

Especially
right here in George Town

I
mean, this tiny town is so very busy

We
can look for ages and not a space can be found.

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New
office buildings are going up every day

With
hardly enough space left for parking.

Employees
take a chance when they drive to work

But I'm sure they prefer
this to walking.

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Now
you'd think we'd find space to park

As
we do our business in town,

But
they’ve outgrown their space long ago

As
we all drive around with a frown.

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And
we're not too accustomed to the multi-storey parking.

I
guess we just don't want to pay,

And
it wouldn't be very economical for us at all

If we had to use that facility every day.

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What we need is use our public transportation

To
cut down on the usage of vehicles.

Someone
suggested carpooling might work,

Or
maybe try riding our bicycles.

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But,
I mean, can you see us all queuing for a bus?

Or
waiting to be picked up by a friend?

"Just
wait, I'll soon come, I have to do my shopping first."

I'm
sure that friendship would very soon end.

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And
the tourists, poor souls, when they visit our Island

They
hire a car for convenience.

Will
drive into town for a good look around

Then
leave with a frustrating experience.

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Yes
folks, we're too used to driving ourselves

In
our own comfy cars here and there,

And
it's gonna be rough going when this has to stop

So
make sure to save your bus fare.

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So
when you've finished reading this poem

And
you think you might have a solution,

Try
phoning it through to your MLA

With their help it might come to fruition.

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Anyway just remember .....

When
Noah sailed the waters blue.

He
had his troubles same as you.

For
forty days he drove his ark,

Before he found a place to park!!!