I hate that white Mercedes Benz

on missing my man...

I wrote this last Sunday, having said goodbye to my husband who went off to the USA on a business trip. Hope you like it. Rhyming scheme - ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHG - with 10 syllables per line except for the stand alone verses which have 8.

I hate that white Mercedes Benz ©Dana Allen

 
He’s off again to work in my homeland 
Collected by a white Mercedes Benz
He’s not with me, the family nor his friends
4 weeks’ too long, more than we both had planned
 
I hate that white Mercedes Benz
 
He’s gone to make a living selling books
A blue white plane zooms off with him inside 
For forty years my man’s worked hard with pride
I tolerate it ‘cause of his good looks
 
I hate that blue white aeroplane
 
When he is gone, I’ve much to do, I’ll be
Busy, my work, a class, running around
To see my friends, I pray to hear the sound
Of his sweet voice, Plane, bring him back to me
 
I love that blue white aeroplane
 
He’s called, got bag, through immigration line
The white Mercedes is waiting outside
He’ll be home, soon, so tired and bleary-eyed
He’s my home, soon my tired heart will be fine  
 
I love that white Mercedes Benz

Thank you to

Larry Urish

and

Simon Emslie

for your help with this. Y’all are rock stars!