Buzzin' in the Basement: Call the A/C Medicine Man
By Don Iannone
Machines have more brains
...than we give them credit for.
Take for example
...the nifty keen Honeywell electronic air cleaner
...on the central air conditioning system
...in our nice and usually cool house.
The infernal thing started buzzing
...like a swarm of bumblebees
...bright and early this morning.
At first
...I panicked that I was about to be attacked
...by the world's largest mosquito
...like the dinosauric critter in Komarno, Manitoba.
Quickly I discovered
...after a swift trip to the basement
...twas no skeeter
...twas instead
... the poor overworked Honeywell gadget
...that was just letting us know
...it was about to go kafluey
...and needs to see the A/C medicine man ASAP.
After all
...even self-cleaning A/C air cleaners
need a little help healing sometimes.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
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Your poem is in some ways like a machine: no part is superfluous.
Why thank you Rob.
My truck told me it was 97 today. Bet the A/C medicine man was busy done here!! Good poem Don!!
Sorry, down here.
Thanks Pat. Hot in Atlanta, eh? Not good for a man in construction. Trucks are pretty damn smart! Cooler here in Cleveland.
I feel you, Don. Just had a problem with water leaking out of my A/C and a touch of mold -- had to threaten the Landlord with Health Department to get in cleaned up. I did't think to put it poetic format --- very creative. Everything in life can inspire one to create!
nice....
thank u
Amias...hope you water problem has been solved. Thanks for stopping by.
Kai...thanks for stopping by.
I like this one. It has a fun, whimsical vibe, and yet contains some depth as you integrate native spirituality ("medicine man") with our modern appliances.
Thanks Mike. Even the machines in our lives need our attention. BTW, the air cleaner is a survivor. Just needing a good cleaning. How ironic an air cleaner that needs cleaning. Like a healer who needs healed.
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