RIP
Margaret Page Neilson Oliver Grandin
1988—2009
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Your clutch has been lost
And your master cylinder
No longer masters
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You, never icy
Me, cranking your defrost knob
In heat together
I’ve slept in your bed
But now I can’t turn you on
How time changes all
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Your lazy eye sags
You always saw the rogue cats
While looking straight down
Your bumper bumped
While protecting your big heart
Rust is your gray hair
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With no stereo
I basked in your RPMs
you purred like a dog
Oh, mixed messages
Your stick made me question your
Femininity
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Two Hundred Dollars
You were cheaper than my phone
And went twice as fast
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Sweet, sweet Margaret
How can we go back in time
When you can’t reverse
12/05/2009 at 4:35 pm
i’ve underestimated you in so many ways.
12/05/2009 at 7:13 pm
I’m glad such artistry can emerge from tragedy.
12/05/2009 at 8:18 pm
when I said “gun it!”
you were always responsive
you were the Blue Flame
12/05/2009 at 8:22 pm
you were stained by salt
your death was salt in my wound
now salt of the earth
12/06/2009 at 2:13 pm
they saw rust and dents
no one believed me, that you
were more than a truck
12/06/2009 at 4:06 pm
Oh sweet Margaret
You brought me to Vancouver
I was your first love…..
12/07/2009 at 9:35 am
Oh RIP Margaret Page Neilson, I know how much you loved that little dream boat!! I am sorry for your loss dude!!!
I will cherish the stories you told me about her, while we were in Vietnam and also cherish the reason you told me! Oh we gots lots in common! I hope you find yourself a new trusty pal! xoxo
12/07/2009 at 11:06 am
my condolences
i’m so sorry for your loss
that sucks a big one
12/07/2009 at 11:07 am
Hue of deep ocean
wings of heaven on her wheels
Superman fell too
12/07/2009 at 7:05 pm
Almost killed my girl
jealous truck just like Christine
rust gets you at last
12/09/2009 at 1:24 pm
I too write haikus
To be like everyone
else who commented
01/15/2010 at 3:21 pm
I’ll never forget Margaret’s heroic battle against the elements on her journey to Savory. She will be missed
03/25/2010 at 2:20 am
Personification at its best.
RIP, sweet, sweet Margaret.