Archive for May 16th, 2012

Grown up toys


2012
05.16

“Nice ride,” I said to the guy in the Mercedes parked on the other side of the gas pump. I heard him thank me.

Mercedes

I started filling the tank of our beaten up eight year old Kia Sedona minivan, looking ruefully at its dents and scratches and torn up paint.

“I wanna be you when I grow up,” I said.

He chuckled.

“Who said anything about growing up?” he asked, as he got in and drove away.