Car Wash

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Dave Krenz got in his unit, where a smoker was last night,

He knew he had to air it out, sometime before first light.

A trip he made to Cambie Yards, just might do the trick,

Before the awful smell of smoke, really made him sick.

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While there he spied the car wash, and figured what the heck,

I'll just wash off the outside too, I will not leave a speck.

So he pulled into the wash rack, with his Ford still nearly new,

The machinery to be started, by just a chosen few.

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Soon it started moving, the brush began to spin,

Looking like the street sweeper, that once got Arthur Chinn.

Closer it kept coming, when Dave noticed something queer,

I wonder where the water is, oh well, never fear.

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Once the rack has passed my car, I'll just restart the thing,

Then after, clean the inside, I'll make the vacuum sing.

The roller now up on the hood, still moving slowly on,

Soon it will be finished, the machinery would be gone.

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When it hit the windshield, Murphy's Law took charge,

For the roller kept on rolling, and was looking rather large.

But, it really was not lifting, the way it ought to be,

The pressure was increasing, which David could not see.

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With a bang the window smashed, and glass sprayed everywhere,

Covered Dave with fragments, leaving sparkles in his hair.

You know Dave, there's a better way, to clear out the smoky smell,

Just roll all the windows down, and go out and drive like hell.

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PC 664 T.J. Gowdyk 98-02-03 (162)

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