Sold

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Sold my Car today.

Were on our way out the door

headed toward the dealership.

Car was clean,

sparkly,

spiffy,

ready to go.

Title, keys, records

were in my hand.

Coat was on,

mittens too.

Phone rang.

Friend expressed interest.

We met 20 minutes later.

They fell in love,

just as I did.

We were neither

in the car selling business.

So, setting price

was strange all around.

They asked

what I would like.

I asked

what they would like.

We hummed, hawed,

looked down at the ground,

shuffled our feet,

looked back up again

and smiled.

I suggested a price.

They offered more.

We settled.

Sold.

Hugs all around.

Isn't this the way
it's supposed to work?

She sits

on a new drive

tonight.

Feels good.

She took good care of me .

She will take good care of them.

She has new adventures ahead.

So do we.

I gave her

a little pat on the way out,

said "Thanks",

wished her

and her new Family

well.

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Glinda Crawford, 2010

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