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Truck Stucco 5-7-5
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After successfully negotiating my curved driveway for the past 22 years without incident, this morning my luck ran out, as did apparently, my driving skills. I managed to scrape my truck’s passenger side on a stucco covered block retaining wall with no real excuse other than “aw crap”.

Photo:By me unfortunately


Poem Artwork

Dew drops on windshield

Wipers toil but fail to clear

Peering through the streaks

 

Early morning sun

Shining brightly in my face

Windshield now opaque

 

Driveway curves to right

Retaining wall does not care

When trucks fail to yield

 

Stucco sings to me

Like fingernails on chalkboard

Exchanging paint jobs

 

White gouges revealed

Like modern glacial epoch

Caveman drives to work

 

 

Copyright 2011 Patrick Granfors

 


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 Reviews of "Truck Stucco 5-7-5"
Reviewed by Richard King
Reviewed on November 21, 2011
WTF!!! And the damage estimate? I'm guessing about $1,500.00, maybe more. Dick

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on November 21, 2011
So well stated, I feel your pain.


Shortly after I was paralyzed and renewed my license with my grandmother's 55 Buick that had power steering and automatic transmission, I lined up a date with a local girl so that we could go to the submarine races at the local drive-in theater.

My father gave me the use of his 57 Buick station wagon with a strict order that I let her drive so that I wouldn't have an accident driving with my paralyzed hands. I drove to her house, and she drove to the theater. When the movie was over, instead of leaving the speaker in the window to pull the cord off like she was supposed to do, she turned too sharp and put a scraping dent in the driver's side door with the speaker post. Upset, I told her to get in the passenger seat and drove her and myself home.

Needless to say, my dad was not pleased. But I was glad it was his decision to have her drive.

Ron

Reviewed by Annabel Sheila
Reviewed on November 21, 2011
Giggle...so sorry for your trouble, Patrick....but I love the humour you put into this....

Anna

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on November 21, 2011
Look on the bright side - maybe you can get a job as one of those Geico Cavemen Spokesmen!

Reviewed by Christine Tsen
Reviewed on November 20, 2011
Aw, Patrick, I'm glad it happened in your driveway in that the speed was not faster like on the open road. You're okay, and that's what matters!

Reviewed by Paul Berube
Reviewed on November 20, 2011
OOPS!

Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on November 20, 2011
22 YEARS IS A PRETTY GOOD RECORD, PATRICK...MUST HAVE BEEN THE DEW DROPS ON THE WINDSHIELD(SMILE). THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS & FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Mark Lichterman
Reviewed on November 20, 2011
Hey, know what, Patrick?
Every now and then we all F--K up.

Mark

Reviewed on November 20, 2011
Patrick, as you can see, beauty is only skin deep, blame the wife, don't admit this to your buddies ha, stucco eh, you live in one of them spanish villas? Bless ya!

Reviewed by Dayvid Graybill
Reviewed on November 20, 2011
Awww Patrick! I know the feeling and it doesn't feel good. And then you wish you could undo what just happened...and you can't. Sorry your day started out like this.

Peace,
Dayvid


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