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Haiku to you Thursday: “Oh, Dot”

Oh, Dot

Oh, Dot, you left me /

amongst wet Iris mourners: /

rust and memories.

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“Big Mouth”

Big Mouth

Oh, if only the Big Mouth would go on.

I give it gas and gear it all day long

To drive the broken old bastard to where it belongs.

Oh, come on Big Mouth, you roll on.

I work the clutch like a diphthong switch,

Pressing hard every time I got an itch

And shift those gears without an itch.

I work that clutch like a well-worn bitch.

I whine Big Mouth up to its highest gear.

Then no more whining will I hear,

The wind whipping by, the sky clear.

I whine Big Mouth up to its highest gear.

Only a little more left on this rutted road.

Big Mouth strains under its stolen load.

Big Mouth acts as though its dark future is foretold.

I slam my foot on Big Mouth and drive bold.

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Photo finish Friday (and haiku): “Mobile home”

Homemade mobile home /

Old truck and dreams unbound /

Rust winks at all hopes.

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Photo finish Friday: “Bug out”

The attack of the metal-eating bugs from Mars was stopped dead in its tracks not by military firepower or industrial genius, but by rust and cold weather.

The attack of the metal-eating bugs from Mars was stopped dead in its tracks not by military firepower or industrial genius, but by rust and cold weather.

What will happen come Spring? Nobody is sure.

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