The Truck

He'd had that truck for 23 years. For the last 13 mechanics had told him it wasn't worth the money he was putting into it. They didn't understand that trucks true value. For the last 23 years that truck moved him, helped him, and came through for him.

The transmission had been changed 3 times. The engine replaced once and rebuilt twice. The body was mostly bondo with a layer of paint to hold it all together.

When the semi hit him, he lived, but she didn't. There was no putting her back together.

When he came home he looked into the eyes of the only thing that might make it longer.
 
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