Frank J. Tassone

An Oil Change: a flashback #haibun for #dVerse OLN

An Oil Change

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ย A Latino couple rests on the dark-gray leather couch opposite me. His thoroughly stained white painterโ€™s pants and Sherman white sweatshirt somehow contrast and complement her matching light-gray sweat suit. An Orthodox couple with a toddler sits on burgundy cushion chairs nearby. A rhythmic pounding blends with Asian TV and a muffled radio broadcast. A Mobile banner torn in the middle flaps in a passing breeze.

An attendant tells me I have a head-casket leak as well as an engine oil and transmission fluid leak.

How convenient.

white Cirrus cloudsโ€ฆ
budding maples swaying
in another breeze

 

First published in Image Curve, October 7, 2014

Photograph by Ryan McGuire

 

For dVerse OLN #207, Thursday, November 2, 2017

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30 responses to “An Oil Change: a flashback #haibun for #dVerse OLN”

  1. Bjรถrn Rudberg (brudberg) Avatar
    Bjรถrn Rudberg (brudberg)

    When you wait at the garage you have to watch… until that critical point when they give you the diagnosis… almost like going to the doctor.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Indeed! And somehow we always need to pay more for something! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  2. Sanaa Rizvi (@rizvi_sanaa) Avatar
    Sanaa Rizvi (@rizvi_sanaa)

    This is so true.. often we are handed more issues in exchange for monetary benefit.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      not the exchange we’re looking for, right?

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  3. Frank Hubeny Avatar
    Frank Hubeny

    Time to get the car fixed.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      Always something.

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  4. lillian Avatar
    lillian

    Sitting waiting for a service….at the car shop/garage, the doctor, the dentist, in the hall awaiting a teacher/parent conference….as we sit, we notice. There are others around us and we see them. Notice them. Because we are sitting waiting.
    Although these days, I see most sitting and “plugged in” with headphones/earbuds growing out of their ears, noticing nothing except their flying fingers on their devices.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      ๐Ÿ˜† I can relate!

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  5. kanzensakura Avatar
    kanzensakura

    The haiku is beautiful!

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thank you, Toni!

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  6. jillys2016 Avatar
    jillys2016

    Love the imagery of this, Frank.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Jilly!

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  7. Charmed Chaos Avatar
    Charmed Chaos

    The banalities of life and then bam! A beautiful unexpected Haiku. Bravo!

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Linda!

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  8. Vivian Zems Avatar
    Vivian Zems

    If it’s not one thing…it’s another! Your haiku just blew across my screen!

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar
      Frank J. Tassone

      LOL! Glad you enjoyed it!

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      1. Vivian Zems Avatar
        Vivian Zems

        Loved it ๐Ÿ™‚

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  9. qbit Avatar
    qbit

    A “head casket leak”! That is amazing. And the Haiku catches the hint of all that mixed up culture.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks!

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  10. hypercryptical Avatar
    hypercryptical

    Wonderful observations of the observations in the art of waiting…and then the dx! How convenient. (This made me smile.)
    And then the haiku as the crowning glory.
    Love it.
    Anna :o]

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Anna!

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  11. Grace Avatar
    Grace

    I can relate to the waiting and people watching, smiles ~ I also thought your haiku is gorgeous.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Grace!

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  12. peterfrankiswrites Avatar
    peterfrankiswrites

    Ha. There’s so much here, the waiting, the multi-cultural families and the attendant (bringer of the news – it’s a boy, it’s terminal etc.) – your verse conjured all those waiting rooms where we’ve all waited for something – and the haiku is a terrific coda – optimistic and bright.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks!

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  13. Sue Anderson Avatar
    Sue Anderson

    I have been to this place. More than once. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  14. mhmp77 Avatar
    mhmp77

    kaykuala

    Anything is possible with cars these days. Love the haiku, Frank!

    Hank

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Hank!

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  15. Mary (tqhousecat) Avatar
    Mary (tqhousecat)

    Oh, with a 97, oil changes are always nail-biters. Been there too many times. I love the haiku.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      Thanks, Mary. Somehow, these oil change places find something wrong that my own mechanic misses! ๐Ÿ˜†

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