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Date:         Thu, 6 Oct 94 19:58:33 -0600
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From:         wself@viking.emcmt.edu (Will Self)
Subject:      Friday Haiku

Hold on to your hats, gang. You're here for a real Friday first, finally real proof that the Vanagon list is a class act after all.

This is real haiku in its native Japanese language, featuring nothing less than the indomitable Volkswagen!

Here it is:

Dandan to Kono Kaki-iro no Min-sha iku

That should be read in separate syllables/beats as

Da N Da N To Ko No Ka Ki I Ro No Mi N Sha I Ku

the classic 5-7-5 of the haiku form. It means

slowly this persimmon-colored volkswagen goes

(Persimmon-colored for Fall imagery, you know; "Min-sha" is literally "people-car" and thus a tolerable rendering of "VW".)

Will


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