The car I love

I want a new car

but 

I love my old car

what kind of 

bad-ass car 

is this that 

calls for 

a song of praise?

It's not my first car

not my sexiest car

not even my most bad-ass car

Just a plain
four door
economy car

that gets good 

gas mileage

and has a decent

stereo

A car
that has driven me
across the state

and

took us on our

honeymoon

and has carried me
to and from 

work

and

university

In fact 

that same car 

carried us 

to and from 

the hospital 

when our 

oldest daughter 

was 

born

And 

when my wife 

was in the 

hospital

on bed rest 

with our second baby

that car 

carried me 

to and from 

work 

and university

and to the hospital 

to see her

(stereo blasting

to drown out

the emotion)

And when 

second baby girl 

was in the 

Neonatal 

Intensive 

Care 

Unit

(alive and always improving)

that car took 

me to see 

her 

too

Since then

it has been to 

law school

and

on family vacations

and 

I wonder

how long
it will
last

I'd like to give it a proper 

redneck memorial

Its very own 

place 

in the front yard 

where I can 

take the wheels off

and
put it
up on blocks

and drain the fluids

and remove the battery

and roll down the windows

and let nature take its course

with it always there 

as a reminder

of where
I've 

been