It was 1988 when I got my Coupe DeVille Cadillac, 1978 edition. She rode nice, especially down the strip in Virginia Beach. She was candy apple red with white leather interior, sunroof, ass kicking stereo system! She was a boat, no question about it! I gave her back to the guy I was buying her from the day she hydroplaned. I smacked her right into the rear quarter panel of a Sunfire! She was definitely too big for an 18 year old that just got her license!
Number two was a black 1980 Buick Regal. Just got it, waxed and detailed it up nice for a road trip to New York. I tinted the windows over the weekend. Had it for 6 days, and on the way back had a blow out - totalled it on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, right between the two tunnels! It wasn't me driving this time!
Then came a 1979 Olds, Cutlass Supreme Limited Edition, white with a black top and sunroof. It was big enough for a baby seat in the back. I had this one a year before 'he' thought the head gasket blew.
I just made the last $1500 payment, sold it for $350. Then I found out it was only the radiator!
1993 Dodge Shadow, black again. My favorite color! My first brand new car, not the greatest but it got me there.
Next was a 1997 Plymouth Neon, it was red with a moonroof. I didn't have for long since I needed a minivan! When some of the kids got older I got a Chevy Blazer. I hated the Blazer! It was four wheel drive and I went off the road both winters I drove it! What the hell?!
So, coerced into getting a 2008 Toyota Corolla. My second new car. Ugh! What an ugly car!
Yes, it's very fuel efficient. Gas prices were killing me driving from Hermon to Orono in a blazer!
Yes, it's very fuel efficient. Gas prices were killing me driving from Hermon to Orono in a blazer!
I'm still driving it today!
So, looking back, the 'ol girl may have been a boat. A sharp looking, 425 V8, ass kicking sound and speed...was the first. When she kissed the sunfire, she was tough, not a scratch on her. You should have seen the Sunfire! Looking back today, knowing what I know about wheels,
maybe she was the best, she sure was the most rugged and most fun!
(*note: I purposely refer to the 'ol girl as 'she' and the others as 'it', no pun intended.)
Now I suppose you loved the original, despise the rewrite, a rewrite BTW that I did not ask for?--I will always specifically say 'rewrite' if I want one, I promise.
ReplyDeleteI'll make a confession I should not make: seeing your original all prosed up like this, I prefer the free verse lines as well.
That is not a license/green light to you to write poetry, god forbid, but it is, perhaps, a validation of your original impulse and a sign to you that, though I'm not ordinarily wishy-washy about my reactions to writing, I only claim to being 99% perfect.