NEW RANCH TRUCK
No matter the cash rebate that pays tax and license,
a man could have instead, two nice houses with split shake
roofs on five acres between here and Visalia forty years ago
and not need to install bumpers, hitch and headache rack
to keep it intact, not have to figure where to keep stretchers,
pipe wrenches, rifle and chain saw when he needs parts
in town. It’s become a crime I continue to commit, paying
more for less utility that I swap for heated seats and Sirius,
for all the snap and power an old man can handle.