Crockett Automotive

TWO NIGHTS AFTER CHRISTMAS
by JAVIER D.

'Twas two nights after Christmas in the southwestern sand

the family did travel back to their own land.

The air was cold, the hours did while,

songs were sung as uncle Sammy counted each mile.

The children did snack on cereal bars,

and when Javier drove they passed all the cars.

Sharon and Sarah slept with their noses in the air,

Maddy used fingers to comb Abby's hair,

When under the hood there arose such a clatter,

The dashboard was quick to tell what's the matter.

"The alternator's busted, it belongs in the trash!"

The hotels and mechanics would be counting their cash.

The car went no further than DQ in Ozona.

They would not make it home from ole Arizona.

But what to their surprise on the iPhone did query,

but a guy with a Napa, like an auto parts fairy.

He was closed for the night and 'twas a Sunday,

but that made no matter to him he did say.

He would turn on his computer and sell them the part.

He would go out of his way and show them his heart.

"Ya'll are here, in Ozona?" He sounded surprised,

"Only in a small town", they would later surmise.

With a shuffle and a grunt he smiled a big smile,

"you'll be back on the road in a very short while."

It took longer than expected they thought they'd imposed,

but through it Vince smiled, his face quite reposed.

He sold them the part, the sockets and soap,

those things in skilled hands gave the girlies some hope.

Bryce, Cammy and Aili ran around while they toiled,

not by the suburban, would playtime be foiled.

They wrenched and they pounded on the serpentine belt,

almost impossible at one point it felt.

At the end it looked easy, as it certainly should,

no one overstressed, yet not feeling too good.

As Texas laid ahead, almost half of the state,

it seemed four more hours their beds would await.

Had it not been for Vince and his generous heart

they would be in Ozona the next day to depart.

So let it be known in all of the land,

if you ever have trouble out there in the sand,

if your luck is mixed and your car's broken close by,

there's no other place better you're likely to try.

This family shop truly goes out its way,

to make sure you and yours can be on your way.