Tanka - Love.Hate.Machine

Four wheels, steel, and glass

More than just a simple van

You were home away

My shelter, rolling refuge

Now parked, sadly, in the past

-06/28/2007 Zero Anon


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Tanka - Love.Hate.Machine

Smell of smoking tires

Scent of rubber and asphalt

Clinging to the wind

Shards of floating memories

Ride, lonely into the night

-03/25/2008

Zero Anon


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Tanka - Love.Hate.Machine

Dual wheel Anarchy

Twisted throttle, twisted soul

Spun out on the streets

Desperate for salvation

Sung by redline engine howl

03/25/2008

Zero

Anon


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Tanka - Love.Hate.Machine

Dead again

Sitting there lifeless

No motion

There isn’t a spark

I still can’t save you

-07/26/2007

Zero Anon


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Tanka - Love.Hate.Machine

Asphalt and rubber

Making love under the stars

As the miles fly by

On undulating highways

My soul searches for release

-03/10/2008 Zero Anon


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Tanka - Steampunk

Aging steam engine

Alive by labor of love

He keeps you going

Knowing every piece and part

To him, more than just machine

-07/21/2007 Zero Anon


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Tanka - Love.Hate.Machine

I want you to breathe

My breath, as I inhale yours

That we may share life

Together we must be one

Man and machine, fueled by fire

 

 

-07/12/2007 Zero Anon

 

 




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Tanka - Love.Hate.Machine

He battles traffic

Motorcycle Daredevils

They’re all maniacs

To ride two wheeled crafts of doom

How I love those mad machines

-06/30/2007 Zero Anon

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Tanka - Love.Hate.Machine

Insolent machine

How I long to give you life

Longings not enough

So, I wrench, and thump, and swear

And still you deny my love

-07/12/2007 Zero Anon

 

 

I have a longstanding affinity for machines, including those of the two wheel variety, some of which turn into more trouble than they are worth.   This piece is for one of those and anyone that knows the feeling of both wanting something to work and at the same time wanting to hit it with a really big hammer.  Sometimes our relationships with our machines are like our human relationships, capable of evoking both love and hate at the same time.

Then again, remember kids, love your machine, but don’t LOVE your machine

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