The Truck

127 The Truck John Stone I was coming back from wherever I'd been when I saw the truck and the sign on the back repeated on the side to be certain you knew it was no mistake PROGRESS CASKETS ARTHUR ILLINOIS Now folks have different thoughts it's true about death but in general it's not like any race for example you ever ran everyone wanting to come in last and all And I admit a business has to have a good name No one knows better than I the value of a good name A name is what sells the product in the first and in the final place All this time the Interstate was leading me into Atlanta and I was following the sign and the truck was heavier climbing the hill than going down which is as it should be What I really wanted to see was the driver up close maybe talk to him find out his usual run so I could keep off it 128 Not that I'm superstitious It's just the way I was raised A casket may be Progress up in Arthur but it's thought of down here as a setback. ...