Ode to an old orange Jeep

It was nineteen hundred

And eighty one

Back in Texas to follow God’s Son

In business I was, yet busy in school

Not just school

But grad school you see

A painter’s son with a family to feed

Cars painted by day, more by night

Study was hard and money was tight

Work, work everywhere work

But getting paid now that was the quirk

Promises, promises, “oh yes we’ll pay”

Then suddenly no water,

No lights to see

So at night we pray,

For those who should pay

Used cars so often, I would paint

For fear my young children,

From hunger might faint

Though work was steady

Their payment seldom ready

So a painter I was and a student too

But as evil collector

Some thought me they knew

Calling, calling, anything please

My financial pain I must appease

So out of the blue not really wanted

This ugly orange Jeep for me it ever haunted

The used car dealer pleads,

“It’s all I have”

My thoughts all asunder,

“Is this a financial salve”?

So this 55 Willys, a Pick Up Jeep

Not many like it; for me it was cheap

Sell it I might, restore it for more

Winter arrives,

The snow becomes harsh

The roads piled high with snow and ice

The average car

Would not remain nice

But the jeep, the old orange Jeep

Pushes right through

This cold icey marsh

So thoughts to sell,

Pass more every day

Money I sought, in so many ways

Seven years I drove her

Just as she was

But then she stopped,

Liked time often does

Parked her I did, at my father’s place

Dreams to restore,

My thoughts did race

But life gets busy and families grow

Nature’s forces do stir and stain

So the old orange Jeep no longer remains

My thoughts now linger as I sometimes weep

This my ode to my old orange Jeep

©Copyright 2012 Dr. Lee W. Outlaw III

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