July 6: So I wrote to the Council ...

I wrote one to my Council, yep, I’ve got a bitch

I just need to scratch, the place where I got an itch

I live down a back lane, that runs up to the street

But when I ride or drive up there, I can’t see a peep

I ride up a small rise, and when I get to the top

There’s cars parked on my right, it’s my view that they stop

I have to nose out so I can see what approaches

But when I do that, into their path Roxy encroaches

My front end sticks out like Dolly’s best parts

To the driver’s who approach, the abuse it soon starts

As I come from no-where for a quick Captain Cook

To see if it’s safe to go out, a quick peek I took

What else can I do, to avoid the collision

I have to inch slowly out, just to better my vision

By the time I see clearly, I’m almost all the way out

I'm so badly exposed, drivers' whine and then shout

So I wrote to the Council, I was all of a stutter

I asked them to curb, those who park in the gutter

Their response was expected, clearly too hard a task

“If we make the streets wide, then they’ll all drive too fast”

Oh, I get your logic, but so many would not

For safety's sake they can park, best comeback you got

I’m going to take photos to record the impasse

And if I have a prang, I’ll be suing their arse