It was the writing on the dusty window trick. I am immature enough to laugh at vulgar things but old enough to know better than to post pictures of them online.

The canvas for the graffiti artist was a modified Ford Excursion van.

Alice’s last ride was a conversion van (clunky and square, I called it the Chevy Borg). In a community college parking lot, someone keyed the length of it for no apparent reason.

Conversion vans sure do get the hate. Americans may love the automobile, but they don’t love every one of them And I know that better than most. I used to own a Geo Metro.