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Remnants

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Rengay Through the Seasons by Masago & Friends

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Rengay #5, Sep 30 - Oct 6, 2007 - by Vaughn Seward (vs)

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IdHaijinStanzasSeasonKigoLinkTheme 1:
Remnants		Theme 2:
Smaller		Theme 3:
"Lodged'

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1/vsAutumn morning —
an old barn bites down
into the ground.		AutumnAutumn morningTo 6: Ground / RockBarn80 m x 35 mBarn in the ground

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2/vsAbandoned farm truck...
its door also in the box.		No Seasonn/aTo 1: Barn / FarmTruck4 m x 1.5 mDoor in the box

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3/vsRiver valley —
a rusted bicycle frame
lodged in an elm.		No Seasonn/aTo 2: Missing part(s)Bicycle2 m longBicycle in a tree

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4/vsA small piece
of embedded barbed wire —
tree trunk.		No Seasonn/aTo 3: Stuck in a treeWire0.5 m longWire in the tree

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5/vsA yellowing telegram:
"Coming Home Now".		No Seasonn/aTo 4: Wire / TelegraphTicket15 cm x 10 cmWords on paper

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6/vsTheir initials
with nineteen-twenty-one —
large, flat rock.		No Seasonn/aTo 5: MessageInitials10 cm x 3 cmInitials in stone

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Technical Notes:

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The first theme was obvious after choosing the first verse. After writing the third verse it occurred to me that it would be interesting if each verse's remnant reference got progressively smaller in size but not less significant. The feet and inches equivalent sizes are: Barn (270' x 115'), Truck (13' x 5'), Bicycle (13' x 5'), Wire (6'), Telegram (6" x 4"), Initials (4" x 1"). The third theme was actually discovered quite awhile after the rengay was written.

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2. The truck's door is in the back, in its cargo area (its box). It is there along with other stuff that was perhaps put there around the time the truck was abandoned.

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4. In the early days sometimes farmers would use a young tree to serve as a fence post. The tree, over time, "consumes" the wire and later when the fence is long gone only a remnant of that early fence remains.

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5. Perhaps this was a telegraph message from a WWII soldier to his family or loved one that the war was finally over and he was coming home.

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6. The 1920's, was full of vigour, enthusiasm, and optimism. Who would have predicted the many events to follow?

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