Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:57:12 -0500
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: New Vanagon haiku
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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
trills. A starter clicks.
***
Rarer than a meal
of hummingbird tongues, I search
for diesel hoses.
***
A split fuel line.
Deep shame overcomes me now.
Smoke fills the valley.
***
Click. Click. Click. Click. Click.
I pump my Dometic,
feel only sad warmth.
***
In time I will know
more ground points to scrape
than I know today.
***
A new journey dawns,
miles I go before Oh, No!
A clunk from behind.
***
Shock. The summer moon
reflects in a liquid pool,
quiet beneath my van.
***
The catalog comes.
News from Germany is not
good. Prices rise, tears.
***
Happiness glows now
on every face. I walk
into the dealership.
***
Deep in the night I
drive alone in my travels.
The coolant light blinks.
***
No one knows who wrote
The Bentley. No human did.
It came from the gods.
***
Old, frail, crumbling pod
of instruments. I remove them
perhaps for the last time.
***
Armies clash, children
lose their homes, villages burn
when tires are discussed.
***
Infinite lever
positions. Where can I find
cool air flowing out?
***
A trail of tears leads
away from my Vanagon.
It mingles with oil.
***
Mist clouds my rear hatch.
The night is cold, dare I stop?
My heart says drive on.
***
Like a cruel ghost
who I stab but will not die,
my coolant light blinks.
***
I ask the list how
to choose the right motor oil
and they flame my ass.
***
Only poor people
own old Vanagons, only
rich people drive them.
***
Many sounds and smells.
Not an alley in Cairo,
I started my diesel.
***
In firefly light, the
alternator suddenly
goes out. Please, a Ford.
***
Dometic question:
Does your fridge stay lit while you
drive down the highway?