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04.21.08

old car, you are a garden

It was the car I bought entirely on my own.
It was the car I drove away from him.
It was the car I drove to the university.
It was the car I drove to New Orleans.
It was the car I drove to my girlfriend's every weekend.
It was the car I drove to Mister Boyfriend's house.
It was the car I drove to his mother's the summer his dad died.
It was the car I drove back and forth, back and forth that long hot summer.
It was the car I drove to the Cohabitat.
It was the car I drove to graduation.
It was the car I drove across the country to another life.
It was the car I drove to teach.
It was the car I drove after surgery.
It was the car I drove to my wedding.
It was the around-town car.
It was the hauling things car.
(It was a car you could haul a couch on top of. Which I did.)
It was the carousing with friends car.
It was the car I finally grew up in.
It was my car.

It's still my car for tonight. But after tomorrow, no more.

Comments

Take many pictures before you part with this stalwart vehicle. And farewell, doughty car!

You know, I've never really felt nostalgia for any of my cars, but this is really a beautiful little poem.

B - Thanks for reminding me to do that.

S - Thanks! I had wondered if anyone would notice it was a poem... and of course you would.