Burt Reynolds, The Bandit Poem by Paul Warren

He was so super cool
Who on the screen bent the rules
When the sheriff was in pursuit with no holds barred
The 70's rocked in part because of Burt Reynolds starred

And the Black Pontiac Firebird running ahead
With Sally Fields as his sidekick without dread
Jackie Gleason the sheriff chasing the sumbich in his way
To deliver a truck load of beer as he raced away

So Smokey and the Bandit is history now
But we will remember him as the epitome of cool with a dash of pow
Vale to a screen hero who passed today
A movie star who made us laugh and was cool in his own way.

© Paul Warren Poetry