I REALY ENJOY DRIVING ON NEW FREEWAYS.
THERE IS REALLY NOTHING QUITE LIKE IT
THE FEELING OF NEW CONCRETE UNDER THE
TIRES, THE COOL SPRING AIR IN THE SUNROOF
MY BABY RIGHT THERE BY MY SIDE.
ONE DAY MY DAD TELLS ME ABOUT THIS STUDY THAT THEY
DID ON AS MANY PEOPLE OVER 100 YEARS OLD THAT
THEY COULD FIND. THEY STUDIED EVERY ASPECT OF THIER
LIVES. THEY ONLY FOUND ONE THING IN COMMON, AND IT
WAS SHARED BETWEEN EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE STUDY.
NONE OF THEM WORE A WRIST WATCH. SINCE THAT DAY, I
HAVE NEVER SEEN MY FATHER WEAR A WRIST WATCH.
AND OF COURSE THERE'S THE TIRES.
HUGGING EVERY TURN, GRIPPING THE
PAVEMENT, CONNECTING ME
TO THE ROAD. MY TIRES ARE
FOUR OF MY CLOSEST
FRIENDS. I TAKE
CARE OF THEM
AND THEY
TAKE
CARE
OF
ME
WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I DISCOVERED
THE WONDERFUL WORLD ON CHUCK TAYLOR
CONVERSE CANVAS ALLSTAR HIGHTOPS. THEY
WERE OF COURSE A NECESSITY OF SKATING.
I BEGAN A COLLECTION OF THE SHOES THAT I
PUT THROUGH THE HELL THEY THIRST. THEY
WERE ALL NAILED IN A NEAT ROW ALONG
THE WALL IN MY BEDROOM WHEN
THEY REACHED RETIREMENT.
WHEN I GOT MARRIED THEY
KINDA WENT AWAY.
BUT THERE
WILL ALWAYS
BE THE
NAILS