If It Ain't Broke

When's the time you should replace
A fridge that's kind of leaking?
All the food is still kept cold
And nothing's really reeking.

So a puddle greets us
On the bottom shelf each week,
And force is needed when you shut the door -
You can't be meek.

Some thirty years ago this fridge
Was likely at its peak;
My husband wants to head to Lowe's -
A new one he does seek.

But I'm the missing paddle
As he ventures up the creek;
I think that our refrigerator
Really is unique.

It's still alive and I know
What it'd say if it could speak:
You're a fool to toss me out -
I'm almost an antique!