Old Ford Parked Out Front

[couchgrouch]

Old Ford Parked Out FrontHe didn't need two cars no morenow that his girl was goneso he put a sign in the windshieldand left it on his lawnbut the bumper soon went rustythe paint faded from the sunthe tires went down, the grass turned brown'neath the old Ford parked out fronthis face hadn't seen a razorsince she left that key and notethe house was a sea of bottlesand a box of stale blue smokeone day he looked out the windowand saw the man he'd becomefrom neglect and time, his heart lost its shinelike the old Ford parked out fronthe slapped some paint on that Fordbeat a few dents from the doorput some air in the tiresand fin'lly found a buyerand when he poured out that whiskeylife began to turn its wheelscos a man just falls to pieceslike a car if he sits stillwhen he fin'lly went out dancingthe first night he met someoneand they danced till dawn, his old heart was gonewith the old Ford parked out front(c)2004 Robert George