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he was the best

driver

I knew

drove better than some

people walked

he was so sure of

himself behind the wheel

you’d think he could pass

the damn truck through the eye

of a needle

And I sat on the passenger

seat and

just listened to his stories

man, he had a

lot of ‘em

and most were about his

wife

who was 19 years younger

than him

He used to tell me that she’s

complexed by the fact that one

of her breasts is significantly

larger than the other

that she drinks

too many energy drinks

can’t have sex without

background music

never learned how to

drive

had an abortion at 17

but is pro life now

cooks eggs

in the air fryer

wants a pet dog one day

and changes her mind

the next day

can pee standing up

and many, many other things

I didn’t learn so many

intimate things about my

own girlfriend

and the way he’d talk about

his woman

made you feel like you

were the one

living with her

he’d talk about it so much

and with such openness

that at the end

of the shift you’d

think you don’t even need a

woman in your own life anymore

You’re good with

hearing so much about his

So it’s no wonder

that I miss working with the guy

so much

I really meant it when I said

he was the best driver

in the world

He didn’t just drive better than

other people walked

but he drove better drunk

than most people sober

And that’s the thing with him

He drove drunk a lot

If everyone was as good

at drunk driving

it would’ve been legal

But nope,

we do not live in an ideal world

The law didn’t care that

he never made a mistake while

driving like that

So he was left without his

license

and that left him without the job

and it was over

he wasn’t much good

at anything else

and what’s even worse

He got put into prison

The man just wouldn’t

give up driving

drunk

and with no license

they caught him once

twice

and I guess the third time

they had to stop him for

good

Well,

they did

and I head he doesn’t have it

good behind the

bars

«He got a big tattoo of

that woman of his

all across his back,» said the guy

who replaced him and now

drove his truck, «An’ problem is

she a pretty one.

You know why that’s a problem

when you’re going

to prison?»

«I can imagine,» I said

«Yeah, better just imagine it

and leave it at that…»

Poor guy

his problem was that

he lived too happily in a sad, angry

world

and the world sought to

do away with him

It appears that the world

has won this

battle

but after all that time

spent with him

in the truck

I know him too well

The world might have won the

fight

but not the war

not with this

guy