Haiku Rant: Your exploding car, My melted tail-light
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Reply to: anon-34352348@craigslist.org
Date: Mon Jun 21 13:27:20 2004
Parked out in the shade
Away from the other cars
My Passat wagon
Deaf puppy in back
Napping away peacefully
As I went shopping
Cries from Old Navy
"Smoke, smoke!" I didn't hear them
But my friend sure did
As she ran outside
You stopped your car behind mine
Everyone jumped out
6 freakin' people
Like clowns in a Volkswagen
Packed in your Mustang
Perpendicular
5 feet off my back bumper
Smoking like crazy
Your exploding car
Engulfed in flame, how it burns!
Goodbye, fuzzy dice
The puppy looks out
She cannot hear the sirens
She just sees the flames
A witness panics
As my friend runs like crazy
To get the dog out
She reaches inside
The window, cracked just enough
The puppy is safe
Your car burns like hell
Explosive shrapnel, fire hose
Firemen chop away
Their axes help not
Your car burns to frame and ash
There is nothing left
My melted tail-light
Some dings and nicks from shrapnel
It could have been worse
But then, you question
"How do we know that's from us?"
You get defensive
The car's 6 months old
No, I didn't have that ding
Or the window crack
And last time I checked
Passat tail-lights don't just melt
Of their own accord
Talk to Triple A
Oh, you don't have insurance?
Of course not! That's great
Your flame-throwing car
Could have burned up the puppy
You don't seem to care
Note to self, genius:
Pull to the side of the road
When your car's on fire
Crowded parking lots
Are no place to bring a car
To let it burn up
I'm very grateful
For "Uninsured Motorist"
I guess I'll need it
Well, on the plus side
I got some Old Navy deals
Love those cargo shorts
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Reply to: anon-34352348@craigslist.org
Date: Mon Jun 21 13:27:20 2004
Parked out in the shade
Away from the other cars
My Passat wagon
Deaf puppy in back
Napping away peacefully
As I went shopping
Cries from Old Navy
"Smoke, smoke!" I didn't hear them
But my friend sure did
As she ran outside
You stopped your car behind mine
Everyone jumped out
6 freakin' people
Like clowns in a Volkswagen
Packed in your Mustang
Perpendicular
5 feet off my back bumper
Smoking like crazy
Your exploding car
Engulfed in flame, how it burns!
Goodbye, fuzzy dice
The puppy looks out
She cannot hear the sirens
She just sees the flames
A witness panics
As my friend runs like crazy
To get the dog out
She reaches inside
The window, cracked just enough
The puppy is safe
Your car burns like hell
Explosive shrapnel, fire hose
Firemen chop away
Their axes help not
Your car burns to frame and ash
There is nothing left
My melted tail-light
Some dings and nicks from shrapnel
It could have been worse
But then, you question
"How do we know that's from us?"
You get defensive
The car's 6 months old
No, I didn't have that ding
Or the window crack
And last time I checked
Passat tail-lights don't just melt
Of their own accord
Talk to Triple A
Oh, you don't have insurance?
Of course not! That's great
Your flame-throwing car
Could have burned up the puppy
You don't seem to care
Note to self, genius:
Pull to the side of the road
When your car's on fire
Crowded parking lots
Are no place to bring a car
To let it burn up
I'm very grateful
For "Uninsured Motorist"
I guess I'll need it
Well, on the plus side
I got some Old Navy deals
Love those cargo shorts