Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Signed Over the Bumper Stickers

I sold the bus today.
I can’t decide if it’s good to have ripped off the bandaid,
or if I needed more time for a real goodbye.
     Who did you sell it to? I always imagined it would be someone really
     ignorant, or some guy who knew what to expect to fix. Which was he?
Neither, just some guy who knew he wanted a bus.

He and his son just bought some kayaks
and needed a roof to put them on.

I got a picture of him. We were talking and I had to ask for just one more thing. There he is. Perfect, huh?
Definitely one of those pictures where you already
click
              Okay, I’m ready for the
I already got the
              Oh, uh
shot.
              Okay, that’s good then. So.

He said to me near the end,
              If someone were to ask me what this guy is called,
              what would I say?
Well, I’ve always called him Bert.

              I meant
              Volkswagen what?

bus,
Volkswagen Bus.

His son was driving me to a little
restaurant so I could wait for a
ride. And I just kept turning
back to get one more look at Bert.
I remembered to get all the magnets
out, but couldn’t find
the bear one, which is my
favorite, even though I
saw it just this morning.
     It was always behind that curtain.
Yeah, on the left
side by the back seat between the windows, I know.
But here is the back of the
magnet from our Ventura stop,
at least.

              Okay, I’m ready for the

bus.