an overview
trans R&R a shifty bunch
front end men hit the bottle at
lunch
heavy engine repair keeps a man
close to God
light duty technician's pay
checks
make 'em sob
auto electric's a group on
their
own
brain and a test light is all
that
they own
to everyone else its just a black
box
to everyone else he's a crazy old
fox
old days it was bench starter
repair
now its unit replacement does any
one care
when I'm missing the old days I'm
seeing my age
redoing repairs with the hands
of a sage
My honest opinion "the cars
were
such crap"
If a guy says they weren't, he's
a sentimental sap
that posthumous love,
watercolored
by time
old cars were such junk,
especially
mine
work on 'em all day
dream about 'em at night
but oh, good God
what a beautiful sight
a mechanical junkie seeking
that
high
kicked in the shins and shit in
your eye
feeling so stupid diagnostic block
then the world is exploding,
problems
unlock
I curse the man that showed me
how
to tune up a mower
weld up a plow
Don Sieloff 1996
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