Them Tomayters Is Like a Old Truck
 

Jonathan Marcus

Them tomayters is like a old truck
new trucks smell like new money
I like them old trucks, smell like life

a old truck smells like 
loads o portland cement n 2 by 4’s
n cow feed some beer n perfume 
left over from Saturday night
n about 20 years o sweat n sunshine
n the way it sounds, a old truck
‘t’s got its own wheezin n creakin 
like a one man band on a gravel road
so’s the radio plays second fiddle

now if that’s the kinda truck you like
you git them tomayter plants right cheer
them’ll grow up just fine, just like you know what?
just like tomayters exactly
red on the outside red on the inside
got seeds n juice n most of all 
them tomayters got the flavor
of a tomayter and that’s why we call ‘em –
you know what we call em round these parts?
we call em tomayters

n sometimes we eat em right here in the truck
where the juice dribbles down on the seat
n blends in just fine
 

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