Caren Krutsinger Poet Prose Poetry

1959 Pink Cadillac With Tailfins

1959 pink Cadillac with tailfins
It was gorgeous, and cost five hundred dollars
A fifteen-year-old boy drove thirty miles to buy it.
He had been saving money for four years.

1959 pink Cadillac with tailfins
The boy was not old enough to drive it legally
So, he had his friend Randy drive it.
It was a distinctive car. I wish he still had it.

1959 pink Cadillac with tailfins
An impulsive fifteen-year-old girl jumped on the hood
Dancing scratches all over it.
He kept his mouth shut "thinking it was cute"

I wish he still had that 1959 pink Cadillac
Even though I no longer have my dancing shoes
We have been married for fifty years
And that car would be worth more than five hundred dollars today!

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Gershon Wolf March 31, 2022 at 8:46 PM I imagine that for the right buyer, you might get $501 or even $502. I mean $501K, of course. Smiles, Gershon Caren Krutsinger April 1, 2022 at 9:03 PM I wish I knew which junkyard it landed in!

Ilene Bauer March 31, 2022 at 1:21 PM i had a feeling this was about your husband and that you were the "impulsive fifteen-year-old girl," caren! so glad to find out that it's true! love it! Caren Krutsinger April 1, 2022 at 9:03 PM It is SO true! Totally true! I always say to him "Why didn't you say get OFF MY CAR!"

L Milton Hankins March 31, 2022 at 10:43 AM Oh my! I always dreamed of owning a 1959 Chevrolet. They were so gorgeous, stylish, and, of course, I could never afford one...back then...well, can't now. Caren Krutsinger March 31, 2022 at 12:24 PM They were SO beautiful! Joe bought his pink 1959 Cadillac with the tailfins for $500 from a rich doctor in 1966.