The Smell of Oil

Father’s Day Car Show

 

it seeps into the brain

slowly, like an oil leak

where it lubes the memory

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Sunday the British gathered

the shiny SU carburetors

filled with slippery pink oil

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the XKE was too hot (3 carbs)

the mini, too cool (1 carb)

but the MGB was just right (twin carbs)

–

when they all started their engines

and the field was bare

not a trace was left

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but a few stains on the grass

some tire marks

and a lingering smell of oil