SIR ARE YOU ACTUALLY LIVING IN THIS VAN

SIR ARE YOU ACTUALLY LIVING IN THIS VAN SOME NIGHTS IT'S I HAVE LEFT YOU'VE BEEN SLEEPING IN THERE WHEN I HAVE GO I COME BACK HERE YOU SHOULDN'T LIKE THIS LET ME CLEAN YOU I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO PAY YOU FOR ANY THIS 1974 DECONOLINE CLUB WAGON LOOKED COMPLETELY ABANDONED WHEN I NOTICED TALL GRASS BESIDE A QUIET COUNTRY ROAD MOSS AND LICHEN COVERED THE FADED THE BODY LIKE THE VAN HADN'T MOVED IN DECADES DOOR OPENED AND AN ELDERLY MAN SLOWLY STEPPED CANE HIS NAME WAS FRANK AND WHAT HE TOLD ME FRANK WAS HOMELESS HE DIDN'T SLEEP IN THE ECONOLINE BUT WHENEVER HE HAD NOWHERE ELSE SAFE TO GO HE CAME BACK HERE IT'S THE HAVE LEFT HE SAID BEFORE I SHOW YOU WHAT WAS INSIDE TELL ME WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING FROM KNOW HOW FAR FRANK'S STORY REACHES ONCE BEEN CONVERTED INTO A CAMPER BUT IT STOPPED EARLY 1990S FRANK NEVER HAD REPAIR IT SO NEARLY 30 YEARS OUTDOORS SLOWLY TURNED HIS LAST POSSESSION INTO SOMETHING BARELY RECOGNIZABLE INSIDE I COULDN'T BELIEVE ANYONE WAS SLEEPING THERE WILDLIFE HAD COMPLETELY TAKEN OVER BLACK WALNUTS CARRIED AND RODENTS COVERED THE FLOOR NEARLY 8 INCHES DEEP WE EVENTUALLY REMOVED FOUR LARGE TRASH BINS OF THEM HUGE RODENT NESTS FILLED THE CORNERS SHED SNAKE SKIN THE DEBRIS AND ACTIVE WASP NESTS REMAINED INSIDE THE DRIVER'S SEAT MATTRESS HAD BEEN CHEWED APART WHILE THE FABRIC HEADLINER AND WOODEN PANELS WERE ROTTEN THE SMELL WAS OVERWHELMING I ASKED FRANK WHERE HE SLEPT HE POINTED TOWARD THE CAMPER BED WHENEVER HE HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO HE CLEARED ENOUGH DOWN SPREAD A BLANKET FOAM AND TRIED TO SLEEP THAT WAS WHEN AN ABANDONED VAN I WAS STANDING INSIDE SOMEONE'S LAST SHELTER I COULDN'T MAKE THE ECONOLINE DAY BUT I COULD HE SLEPT SAFER HE IMMEDIATELY SAID ANY MONEY TO PAY YOU I TOLD HIM FOR ANY WE REMOVED THE ACTIVE NESTS ANIMAL CONTAMINATION AND 4 BINS OF ROTTEN HEADLINER AND WOOD PANELING HAD TO COME OUT ONCE THE DEBRIS WAS GONE WE DISCOVERED SOMETHING SURPRISING METAL FLOOR UNDERNEATH SOLID THAN EXPECTED EVERYTHING SALVAGEABLE WAS VACUUMED SCRUBBED DISINFECTED AND DEEP OUTSIDE DECADES OF MOSS LICHEN AND GRIME WERE CAREFULLY REMOVED THE RUST OR PRETENDING THIS WAS A RESTORATION THE ENGINE STILL HADN'T RUN IN THE EXHAUST WAS BADLY DETERIORATED STILL CARRIED 30 YEARS OF SCARS BUT INSIDE WE COULD GIVE FRANK SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT TO SLEEP WE CLEANED THE SURVIVING CAMPER AREA A FRESH SLEEPING SO HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO LAY RODENT DEBRIS ANYMORE WHEN FRANK RETURNED HE OPENED THE DOOR AND STOOD COMPLETELY STILL HE RAN HIS CLEANED INTERIOR AND ASKED YOU DID ALL THIS FOR SOMEWHERE SOMETIMES I TOLD SOMETIMES IS ENOUGH YOU STILL DESERVE CLOSE YOUR EYES FRANK SAT DOWN AND BEGAN CRYING FOR YEARS PAST THIS VAN THINKING IT WAS ABANDONED JUNK THEY NEVER KNEW AN OLD MAN SOMETIMES CLIMBED INSIDE BECAUSE HE HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO BEFORE I LEFT ME AND SAID MAYBE GOD KNEW I NEEDED SOMEBODY TO STOP TODAY I COULDN'T GIVE OR ERASE WHAT HAD BROUGHT HIM HERE BUT THAT NIGHT HIS LAST POSSESSION GAVE HIM SOMEWHERE CLEANER AND SAFER TO REST YOUR OPINION IF THIS WERE FRANK'S ONLY REMAINING POSSESSION WOULD YOU TRY TO REBUILD THIS 1970 ECONOLINE AND MAKE IT ROADWORTHY ENOUGH TO BECOME HIS MOBILE HOME AGAIN YEARS OF DETERIORATION SIMPLY TOO MUCH TELL ME WHAT IN THE COMMENTS GOD BLESS FRANK IF YOU BELIEVE EVERYONE DESERVES A SAFE PLACE TO