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12-04-2019, 09:59 PM
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This Old Truck
My son Zane wrote this poem for school. I felt it was worth sharing.
The engine doesn’t run It won’t even crank The pistons won’t move There stuck in place The rear gear is bad Might be stuck in place It just won’t move And it’s taking us off pace The transmission is bad It just won’t grab a gear The shifter can’t move Just not one inch This old truck, beaten and bruised She really looks rusty But the body was good The lines are even straight But she gets torn down Right down to the frame Every bolt taken off With some screams of pain Old engine out And next comes the trans The new ones mount up And bolt right in The body goes on Straight as a whistle Back to the engine Should be turn key, and ready Key in and pray it starts Turned the key and she starts to crank *BANG!* Then it comes to life The trans goes right into gear I go out the drive Onto the road So long I'm out of here in my 71 Chevrolet
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12-04-2019, 10:07 PM
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Re: This Old Truck
I can tell from this poem that you and your son have a great relationship. This was written by a kid who has really listened to his dad.
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12-04-2019, 10:26 PM
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Re: This Old Truck
Cool
Thanks Ron
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12-05-2019, 08:27 AM
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Well done.
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12-05-2019, 08:53 AM
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You have a good man on his way. Thank you for sharing. Reading this has made my day
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12-05-2019, 09:27 AM
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Re: This Old Truck
That's good. Kinda warm and fuzzy.
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12-05-2019, 10:04 AM
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A poem for our trucks..pretty good and it shows he pays attention to dads truck
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12-05-2019, 10:09 AM
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Good stuff. You are probably proud to know he has been paying attention and will have memories that will become stories to his kids later on.
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12-05-2019, 02:18 PM
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I told my son one time I have personally never seen 3 things.
UFO'S Big Foot Or a cool Honda. I had to go talk to his principle one day for that, and the Clay Smith cam T-shirt he wears alot. He was not amused |
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12-05-2019, 03:22 PM
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12-05-2019, 03:31 PM
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Glad all enjoyed the poem. The truck is his and he is a truck guy through and through. He and I did the restoration and no work was completed on the truck unless he was participating. He knows every nut and bolt. The poem is based around the history he has with the truck. Each stanza has a story behind it, even the BANG for when the distributor was in backwards!
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