Now we are talking!

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-I stand before you humbled again

On Jul 18, 2011, at 4:57 PM, Jim Felder wrote:

> Uh, oh. Now you've done it. There may be a few on the list who have not seen
> the following before.
> 
> Jim
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> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:40 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>wrote:
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>> At 01:24 PM 7/18/2011, Tom Buese wrote:
>> 
>>> Seems to moi, this is vanagon related everyday?
>>> 
>> 
>> Indeed...
>> 
>> Yours,
>> d mod
>> 
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> Vanagon haikus
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> By Jim Felder
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> A mosquito hums.
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> A dog barks. A mockingbird
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> trills. A starter clicks.
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> ***
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> Rarer than a meal
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> of hummingbird tongues, I search
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> for diesel hoses.
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> ***
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> A split fuel line.
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> Deep shame overcomes me now.
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> Smoke fills the valley.
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> ***
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> Click. Click. Click. Click. Click.
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> I pump my Dometic,
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> feel only sad warmth.
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> ***
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> In time I will know
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> more ground points to scrape
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> than I know today.
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> ***
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> A new journey dawns,
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> miles I go before Oh, No!
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> A clunk from behind.
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> ***
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> Shock. The summer moon
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> reflects in a liquid pool,
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> quiet beneath my van.
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> ***
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> The catalog comes.
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> News from Germany is not
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> good. Prices rise, tears.
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> ***
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> Happiness glows now
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> on every face. I walk
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> into the dealership.
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> ***
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> Deep in the night I
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> drive alone in my travels.
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> The coolant light blinks.
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> ***
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> No one knows who wrote
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> The Bentley. No human did.
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> It came from the gods.
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> ***
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> Old, frail, crumbling pod
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> of instruments. I remove them
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> perhaps for the last time.
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> ***
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> Armies clash, children
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> lose their homes, villages burn
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> when tires are discussed.
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> ***
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> Infinite lever
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> positions. Where can I find
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> cool air flowing out?
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> ***
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> A trail of tears leads
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> away from my Vanagon.
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> It mingles with oil.
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> ***
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> Mist clouds my rear hatch.
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> The night is cold, dare I stop?
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> My heart says drive on.
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> ***
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> Like a cruel ghost
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> who I stab but will not die,
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> my coolant light blinks.
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> ***
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> I ask the list how
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> to choose the right motor oil
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> and they flame my ass.
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> ***
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> Only poor people
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> own old Vanagons, only
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> rich people drive them.
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> ***
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> Many sounds and smells.
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> Not an alley in Cairo,
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> I started my diesel.
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> ***
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> In firefly light, the
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> alternator suddenly
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> goes out. Please, a Ford.
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> ***
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> Dometic question:
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> Does your fridge stay lit while you
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> drive down the highway?