Friday, October 07, 2011
Haiku Friday: Transit!
Do to an especially unusual week, I ended up taking the bus home from work on Wednesday. Minneapolis has a great public transit system (I also took the train in from the airport to work earlier that day), and it was a pleasure to have a bus route that goes almost directly from work to home.
Still, I was a terrible bus rider-- incompetent in a way I haven't been since my ill-fated afternoon in Grand Marais a few years ago. I knew the fare was $2.25, and I had exact change ready to go-- two dollar bills and a quarter. I got on the bus and jammed the money into the slot on top of the fare box.
Sadly, that slot was only for coins. The driver had to fish the bills out and then showed me the clearly labeled slot for the dollar bills. Oops.
Then, it quickly became clear that I was on the wrong bus, as it headed off in the wrong direction.
So, let's haiku about transportation this week-- by whatever means. Your favorite car, a plane trip, bus ride, whatever. Your prize will be your bio here on Monday.
Here is mine:
IPLawGuy's car,
My bus in college, but it
Had no certain route.
Now it is your turn-- just make it three short lines, and we'll all be happy.
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Bus to pyramids
of Aztecs. Chickens on board.
Girl laughed at Texans.
Chester Jones, Eighty-
seven, building PETS for third
world paraplegics.
Saturday after
Thanksgiving. Hot air balloon.
Quiet. Dogs barked at us.
of Aztecs. Chickens on board.
Girl laughed at Texans.
Chester Jones, Eighty-
seven, building PETS for third
world paraplegics.
Saturday after
Thanksgiving. Hot air balloon.
Quiet. Dogs barked at us.
Ah, Grandma Moses
My Pontiac Bonneville
Old enough to vote.
Squealing in the heat,
Groaning in the morning cold,
She's cantankerous!
I love that old gal;
Through thick and thin, good and bad
She keeps trudging on.
My Pontiac Bonneville
Old enough to vote.
Squealing in the heat,
Groaning in the morning cold,
She's cantankerous!
I love that old gal;
Through thick and thin, good and bad
She keeps trudging on.
Bullet hole stickers
Decorate my Old Bessie
Love the pointing, stares.
Bad neighborhood? No.
My sister-in-law dared me.
Rock on minivan!
Decorate my Old Bessie
Love the pointing, stares.
Bad neighborhood? No.
My sister-in-law dared me.
Rock on minivan!
No friends aboard,She
Penned poems in her head,the
Bus passed graves.Time forgot.
She rode to him slow.
On Immense Beast with Grey Sides,
Her kiss so potent?
Girl's broke pearls bounced to
The floor of the bus,Down's Elf
Retrieved them like treasure.
The aroma of stranger
Like Moroccan spice smoked air--
Paprika Red Bus.
Lone Air Goddess rode
Weekends downtown,a bus,to
Look for new fam'ly.
Penned poems in her head,the
Bus passed graves.Time forgot.
She rode to him slow.
On Immense Beast with Grey Sides,
Her kiss so potent?
Girl's broke pearls bounced to
The floor of the bus,Down's Elf
Retrieved them like treasure.
The aroma of stranger
Like Moroccan spice smoked air--
Paprika Red Bus.
Lone Air Goddess rode
Weekends downtown,a bus,to
Look for new fam'ly.
@Parliamentarian--they did,and my father had one.Don't know whether it was a fluke,or they still do.
Felt balls line windows,
Indian music static,
the jolts of near death.
Her body jostles
with the ease of every day,
all the same and new.
I drove us all in,
controlling the music was
enough to start fights.
You watch as the thing
takes them away and the best
you have, the sad wave.
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Indian music static,
the jolts of near death.
Her body jostles
with the ease of every day,
all the same and new.
I drove us all in,
controlling the music was
enough to start fights.
You watch as the thing
takes them away and the best
you have, the sad wave.
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