The Great Blimp Races

Last weekend thought I’d have some fun

And do something I’d never done

I’d go and sit out in the sun

To watch the Great Blimp Races!

And when I got there, what a sight!

The skies were filled with blimps so bright

Their colors filled me with delight

All for the Great Blimp Races!

They started out all side by side

In a line a mile wide

And then the race announcer cried

“Begin the Great Blimp Races!”

The engines howled, propellors churned

And as they started, heads all turned

We screamed and yelled, we weren’t concerned

We cheered the Great Blimp Races!

We cheered until our throats were sore

Excitement oozed from every pore

Sedately, blimps began to soar

To start the Great Blimp Races!

With time, the cheering died down low

We realized, despite the show

That blimps, it seems, are very slow

The lazy Great Blimp Races

There was a crash an hour in

Around Turn 2, 3 bumped 8’s fin

And gently, both began to spin

Exciting Great Blimp Races!

But more excitement? There was none

I left before the race was done

I never even learned who won

My first and last Blimp Races!