Just 4 Doors And A Bed

Just 4 Doors And A Bed

Mason Fahey
A Silver Truck Just 4 Doors And A Bed He’s A Little Dung Up But That’s Why I Love Him

His Gray Leather Seats Always Hot In The Summer Sun And Icy In the Winter Cold

They’re Ripped Up Now But They Were Once New

The Air Vents That Once Worked Well

A Radio That Only Plays The Best Old Enough To Still Have A CD player

No One Knows The Stories He Holds
A Silver Truck Just 4 Doors And A Bed He’s A Little Dung Up But That’s Why I Love Him

In The Glove Box One Could Find Bullets, And A Bag Of Beachnut Wintergreen

In The Door You Could Find A Spit Cup

The Steering Wheel Is Covered By A High Quality Camo Cover--It Was Purchased At Walmart

On The Floor By The Gearshift There Is An Old Coffee Grounds Cup Full Of Change

In The Center Concil A Variety Of Items Can Be Found

Papers, More Bullets, Pencils And Pens, More Beachnut, And A Blue Tin Box

This Box Holds, A Source, A Key Ingredient,

To Nearly All Of The Memories Engraved In This Truck

It Contains CDs, A Variety Of CDs At That Including:
George Jones, Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakam, Beastie Boys, Creedence Clearwater Rivival, Trace Adkins, Alan Jackson, Nickleback, Offspring, Creed, Gorillaz, White Stripes, Motley Crue

Van Halen, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Guns N’ Roses, Joe Diffie, Big & Rich, ZZ Top, Eric Clapton

Elvis, And A Couple Of CDs That Were Burned By My Uncle

No One Knows The Stories He Holds
A Silver Truck Just 4 Doors And A Bed He’s A Little Dung Up But That’s Why I Love Him

On The Back Of The Seats, A Camo  Gun Rack Is Strapped--Also Purchased At Walmart

It Held Our Guns For Many Youth Weekends

On The Back Of Those Seats Are Also Pockets In Those Pockets Are:

Hunting Magazines Which We Got Our Tags From, Buck Knives And Drag Ropes

Orange Hunting Hats As Well As Vests

On The Back Window Is Misolanious Stickers 

All Stuck There As Me And My Brother Received Them

There Is A Sticker That Came With Our First Real Bow, And A Sticker Gifted To Us

And Many Others From Every Time We Got New Hunting Gear 

Which Wasn’t Often As We Mostly Got Hand Me Downs

No One Knows The Stories He Holds
A Silver Truck Just 4 Doors And A Bed He’s A Little Dung Up But That’s Why I Love Him

The Back Seat Gray Like The Front Seats

That Is Where I Was Sitting The Day She Got The Dings I Love So Much

They Are More Than Dings Much Closer To Crunches

I Was Young, Maybe 4 Or 5 Years Old

It Was Winter, The Roads Were Slippery, And A Lady Hit Us

Pinning The Truck Between The Trees And Her Vehicle

I Had Been Sleeping When The Lady Made Contact, My Car Seat Went Up

My Head Would Have Hit The Roof But The Passenger

An Employee For My Dad Turned Around, He Stuck His Hand Over My Head So It Didn’t

And That How This Truck Earned His Name--Captian Crunch 

A Young Me Thought It Was A Funny Name And It Stuck 

Over A Decade Later We Still Call Him Captian Crunch

No One Knows The Stories He Holds
A Silver Truck Just 4 Doors And A Bed He’s A Little Dung Up But That’s Why I Love Him

After The Accident Captian Crunch Got Demoted 

Instead Of An Everyday Truck He Was A Hunting Truck, Then To A Firewood Truck 

Eventually, He Left In The Field Under An Oak Tree 

Dad Often Wondered About Getting Rid Of Ol’ Captain Crunch--But I Wouldn’t Let Him

I Love That Truck With All It’s Dings, Spare Change, CD’s, Hunting Magazines

Bullets, Stickers, And Bags Of Beachnut

But No One Knows, No One Understands, Not Even My Dad

But That's Okay, It Doesn’t Matter

Every time He Tries To Get Rid Of Ol’ Captain Crunch I Put My Foot Down

I Just Can’t Let It happen

When He Looks At It He Sees A Hunk Of Junk Taking Up His Lawn, An Eyesore 

I Don’t, I See Something Much More, Something I Can’t Describe, Though I’ve Tried

No One Knows The Stories He Holds

Mason Fahey

VT

18 years old

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