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.

25 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. Steam trains, diesels, trams,
    light rail, trolleys, model trains.
    My child is obsessed.

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  3. Gold Route stops out back -
    There's no parking on campus;
    I'll take the shuttle.

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  4. In a world of Trucks...
    Where SUVs reign supreme...
    He...rides a Vespa.

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  5. 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.

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  6. Anonymous10:31 AM

    The Popemobile is a Bonneville? That's awesome.

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  7. Three cars, four people:
    The Widow Catcher, Bessie,
    an unnamed Hyundai.

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  8. Anonymous11:37 AM

    Bullet hole stickers
    Decorate my Old Bessie
    Love the pointing, stares.

    Bad neighborhood? No.
    My sister-in-law dared me.
    Rock on minivan!

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  9. Anonymous1:04 PM

    Dang! I miss the trains!
    Clickety clack railroad track
    Convenient, cheap!
    Bob

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  10. Anonymous3:15 PM

    just to prove a point
    the old Honda just wont quit
    driving through Detroit

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  11. Anonymous3:27 PM

    Dawn at Grand Central
    She looks over her shoulder
    Smiling, the tears flow.
    MMM

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  12. On the underground,
    Going to go home right now,
    Too many stations.

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  13. 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.

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  14. A spring green John Deere
    Truck,which she eased into ditch
    Like foot to slipper.

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  15. The Parliamentatian4:52 PM

    John Deere makes trucks? Or was "tractor" too many syllables?

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  16. Nothing too fancy
    But I unlock my Nissan
    With keys to freedom

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  17. Rainy day to drive.
    Washington-On-The-Brazos...
    Hughes' red Cadillac.

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  18. My very first car
    Used powder-blue Thunderbird
    First taste of freedom.

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  19. The best car ever:
    Cute and blue and fun in sun
    My cabriolet!

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  20. First subway ride: I
    was 8. Madrid, Spain. Rode to
    Retiro park. Pond.

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  21. I love my "mini"
    van. EZ to drive. Nerdy.
    I love it OUT LOUD.

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  22. zoetrope9:35 PM

    Stranded, no pesos
    Left by my boyfriend, a cab
    took me back--no charge.

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  23. @Parliamentarian--they did,and my father had one.Don't know whether it was a fluke,or they still do.

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  24. Thirteen,she-teen rode
    To San Jose.A drunk slumped
    On her shoulder.Help!

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  25. 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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