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# An Ode to the Odometer
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/an-ode-to-the-odometer/
- Published: 2022-02-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-02-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: a car's odometer remains a crucial factor to explain the value of a car depends on driving far a plain mechanical display counts only upwards, come what may and you can not make purse by driving in reverse in new cars...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

a car's odometer remains  
a crucial factor to explain  
the value of a car  
depends on driving far  
a plain mechanical display  
counts only upwards, come what may  
and you can not make purse  
by driving in reverse  
in new cars, those without a dash  
the Tesla's one, it'll cost you cash  
it's on an info screen  
which is a bit obscene  
where are my digits in a row  
I liked them counting as I go  
not sure how I will feel  
when cars don't have a wheel