dadder pepper

earlier, 

i offered my dad some dr. pepper 

foolishly thinking he wouldn't want any 

but then he did. 

i thought he hated dr. pepper

or was that my mom?

i couldn't remember

all i knew, was that the story that was about to come

was so far away

from what i was expecting. 

he said,

"i've always loved dr. pepper"

"When i was a kid,

a soda truck tipped over on my street

and dumped out all the soda into our neighborhood" 

bottles and bottles of soda

bottles and bottles

of dr. pepper 

what was a southern boy to do? 

amazed, 

my kid dad looked on to what the world had brought to him 

dr. pepper 

each one

teach one

"my brothers and i took one taste of that dr. pepper"

"and it drove us crazy"

i wish i was lying about the truck

i'm so much gladder now 

that my dad loves dr. pepper as much as i do

thank you, dad

thank you, truck.