{"id":199,"date":"2011-02-25T09:35:12","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T14:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/?p=199"},"modified":"2011-03-31T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T23:45:00","slug":"wanna-go-trucking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/2011\/02\/poetry-in-motion\/wanna-go-trucking\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanna Go Trucking?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This industry is filled with all kinds of people.\u00a0 Some grew up around trucks and\/or farm equipment, while others grew up watching the explosion of the trucking pop-culture in movies, TV shows and music from the good old days.\u00a0 And yet some folks are drawn to trucking just for a lifestyle or career change and the chance to get paid to see the country.\u00a0 I really dig the old songs and movies that glorify, personify, or otherwise stereotype the great American truck driver, but I really get a kick out of the newly-recruited entrants to the world of gear jammers who still believe that those old stereotypes are an accurate reflection of what drivers are like these days.\u00a0 So, they take a class, get their license, and then hit the road with a new pair of boots, a cowboy hat and a pair of driving gloves to prevent blisters from forming on their dish-pan hands.\u00a0 I love it!\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong, I encourage and welcome anyone who wants to try this way of life, but I urge you to leave the trucker-garb at home.\u00a0 This poem is about a \u201cwanna-be\u201d driver who thinks it takes a certain \u201cimage\u201d to run with the big dogs.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

THE WANNA-BE<\/strong>
\nBy Trevor Hardwick<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m gonna give up this ol\u2019 desk job, darlin\u2019,
\nI\u2019m gonna roll that interstate.
\nIf that surprises you, then hang on, honey,
\nI\u2019m gonna leave it up to fate.<\/p>\n

I used to dream about those big rigs, baby,
\nI wanna be like Rubber Duck.
\nI\u2019ll mash that motor, and I\u2019ll ride that ribbon,
\nIf I could ever drive a truck.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got an office with a view of the city,
\nI\u2019ve got a reserved parking space.
\nBut I\u2019d rather be down around Nogales,
\nLumpin\u2019 produce by the case.<\/p>\n

I hear the gossip at the water cooler, daily,
\nI\u2019d like to tell them where to go.
\nBut in my mind, I\u2019m at an all night caf\u00e9,
\nFlirtin\u2019 with the waitress they call Flo\u2019.<\/p>\n

I wanna push that rig thru stormy weather,
\nI\u2019ll take the sunshine or the rain.
\nI want a cowboy hat, with peacock feathers,
\nAnd a giant leather wallet on a chain.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re gonna see a change in me now, honey,
\nI\u2019m gonna change the way I talk.
\nI\u2019ll whisper 10-codes in your ear, little lady,
\nAnd then I\u2019ll gently bump the dock.<\/p>\n

This 9 to 5 is bound to drive me crazy,
\nI need to hear that diesel roar.
\nI\u2019d like to quit my job, and take you with me,
\nAnd climb inside that tractor door.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m gonna give up this ol\u2019 desk job, darlin\u2019,
\nI\u2019m gonna roll that interstate.
\nIf that surprises you, then hang on, honey,
\nI\u2019m gonna leave it up to fate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This industry is filled with all kinds of people.\u00a0 Some grew up around trucks and\/or farm equipment, while others grew up watching the explosion of the trucking pop-culture in movies, TV shows and music from the good old days.\u00a0 And yet some folks are drawn to trucking just for a lifestyle or career change and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-poetry-in-motion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":476,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions\/476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}