I don't think I have
ever seen those before now
Some give me big LOLs

Edward

At 06:57 PM 7/18/2011, you wrote:
>Uh, oh. Now you've done it. There may be a few on the list who have not seen
>the following before.
>
>Jim
>
>On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:40 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>wrote:
>
> > At 01:24 PM 7/18/2011, Tom Buese wrote:
> >
> >> Seems to moi, this is vanagon related everyday?
> >>
> >
> > Indeed...
> >
> > Yours,
> > d mod
> >
>
>Vanagon haikus
>
>
>
>By Jim Felder
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>A mosquito hums.
>
>A dog barks. A mockingbird
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>trills. A starter clicks.
>
>
>
>***
>
>
>
>Rarer than a meal
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>of hummingbird tongues, I search
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>for diesel hoses.
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>
>
>***
>
>
>
>A split fuel line.
>
>Deep shame overcomes me now.
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>Smoke fills the valley.
>
>
>
>***
>
>
>
>Click. Click. Click. Click. Click.
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>I pump my Dometic,
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>feel only sad warmth.
>
>
>
>***
>
>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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>
>
>***
>
>
>
>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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>
>
>***
>
>
>
>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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>
>
>***
>
>
>
>The catalog comes.
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>News from Germany is not
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>good. Prices rise, tears.
>
>
>
>***
>
>
>
>Happiness glows now
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>on every face. I walk
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>into the dealership.
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>
>
>***
>
>Deep in the night I
>
>drive alone in my travels.
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>The coolant light blinks.
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>
>
>***
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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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>
>
>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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>
>
>***
>
>
>
>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?
>
>
>
>***
>
>
>
>A trail of tears leads
>
>away from my Vanagon.
>
>It mingles with oil.
>
>
>
>***
>
>
>
>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.
>
>
>
>***
>
>
>
>Like a cruel ghost
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>who I stab but will not die,
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>my coolant light blinks.
>
>
>
>***
>
>I ask the list how
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>to choose the right motor oil
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>and they flame my ass.
>
>
>
>***
>
>
>
>Only poor people
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>own old Vanagons, only
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>rich people drive them.
>
>
>
>***
>
>
>
>Many sounds and smells.
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>Not an alley in Cairo,
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>I started my diesel.
>
>
>
>***
>
>
>
>In firefly light, the
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>alternator suddenly
>
>goes out. Please, a Ford.
>
>
>
>***
>
>
>
>Dometic question:
>
>Does your fridge stay lit while you
>
>drive down the highway?