"Breaker! Breaker! Do you copy? My name is Ted." "Driving in the fast lane in my well lighted flatbed." "Around the bend is the dreaded over weight scale." "All I am trying to do is to bring your goods to sale." "Breaker! Breaker! Do you copy? My name is Ted." "In the winter, I am driving an eighteen wheel bobsled." "If I do, then my underfed stomach becomes bottomless." "Immediately, I must get control and seek calmness." "Breaker! Breaker! Do you copy? My name is Ted." "This job is passed down from grandpa; it's homebred." "At an early age, "son, watch out for the motorist." "If not, then you better become the local pharmacist." "Breaker! Breaker! Do you copy? My name is Ted." "It is our good job to see that you are thoroughly fed." "Hauling wheat, beans, bread, vegetables, rice, and corn." "Please stay in the slow lane, when you hear my horn." "Breaker! Breaker! Do you copy? My name is Ted." "Regardless of my payload, it has to lifted or hoisted." "Taking care not to damage the goods or spill a chemical." "I take my job serious and everything I do is very critical." "Breaker! Breaker! Do you copy? My name is Ted." "I decorated my rig in my favorite color, bright red." "Always leaving room for adjustments, changes, or expansion." "Because away from home sweet home; it is my mansion." "Breaker! Breaker! Do you copy? My name is Ted." "My rig has all the amenities of a rich, fast moving sled." "With a king size bed, plush red carpet, a television and air condition." "My honey and I are ready to roll, as soon as I turn on the ignition." "Breaker! Breaker! Do you copy? My name is Ted." "I never hesitate to drive, even though I am a newly wed." "Taking my new bride along in my rig on our first honeymoon." "Grinning like a coon in a strawberry patch, waking up around noon." "Breaker! Breaker! Do you copy? My name is Ted." "I have come to the conclusion that some motorist are narrow minded." "Because when they see us, they speed up, pull in front, and become offended." "Then slam on their brakes, not realizing they are about to become ssuspended." "Breaker! Breaker! Do you copy? My name is Ted." "Please be cautious, so that you will not end up in an ambulance bed." Coopyright (C) 1995 Marva L. Dowdin
Reason for writing:
This poem about truckers is one of three hundred
in my book, 'When It's OK To Be Crazy!' I wrote
many of these to put a smile on someone's face
and to draw attention to the fact that these men
and women have a hard job to do, yet they go
without the praise and the recognition that they
deserve. I have written to many people to have
a day set aside just for them. A "Trucker's
Appreciation Day" for their hard and tedious job
of being on the road day and night. If no one
else thanks you; I do. Marva L. Dowdin
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