Lawrence Hall
Dispatches
for the Colonial Office
Forming a Committee Around a Car That Wouldn’t Start
The engine wouldn’t turn
over; the electrics were dead
We stood around the open
hood, each scratching his head
1st Member:
“It appears to me it’s the
dead battery
There’s no indication of a
charge, you see”
2nd Member:
“I’m a college graduate, so I
am smarter
Obviously the problem is with
the starter”
3rd Member:
“There’s a smell in the
engine, something tannic
And I should know; I’m a
certified mechanic”
4th Member:
“I’m a knight of the road; I
drive a freighter
Just let me at that broken
alternator”
But none of our skilled efforts
came to pass
Because no one had bothered
to check
the gas
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