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. | Id | Haijin | Stanzas | Season | Kigo | Link | Theme 1:
Good News, Bad News | Theme 1:
Authority Figure | |
. | 1 | /vs | A mid-winter's eve —
the repairman smiles as he
opens the furnace. | Winter | Mid-winter | To 6: Money-related | Repairs vs. Costs | Repairman | |
. | 2 | /vs | The tooth can be saved... but
a root canal is needed. | No Season | n/a | To 1: Repairman | Tooth saved vs.
Painful dental work | Dentist | |
. | 3 | /vs | Mom succumbs
to her kids' blandishments —
stray kitten. | No Season | n/a | To 2: Saved | Home found vs.
Kitten underfoot | Mother | |
. | 4 | /vs | Homeless vagrant —
a long sermon comes with
the bowl of soup. | No Season | n/a | To 3: Stray | Soup vs. Sermon | Preacher | |
. | 5 | /vs | The lecture's over at last —
but the prof calls a pop-quiz. | No Season | n/a | To 4: Long speech | Lecture over vs. Quiz | Professor | |
. | 6 | /vs | Fifty percent off —
the sales clerk informs us that
the coupon's expired. | No Season | n/a | To 5: Completion | Great deal vs.
Expired coupon | Sales Clerk | |
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. | Technical Notes: | | | | | | | | |
. | The first verse was inspired by an incident that happened a couple years back when our furnace started making a loud rattling noise. A repairman came out and informed us that the motor bearings were pretty much shot. The furnace was so old that the cost of repair meant that installing a new furnace made the most sense. It was good news for the furnace company and bad news for us. | | | | | | | | |
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