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Homebrew haiku: Sports car in space

Feb 8, 2018, 7:07 AM


              This Dec. 6, 2017 photo made available by SpaceX shows a Tesla car next to the fairing of a Falcon Heavy rocket in Cape Canaveral, Fla. For the Heavy's inaugural flight, the rocket will carry up Elon Musk's roadster. In addition to SpaceX, Musk runs the electric car maker Tesla. 
(SpaceX via AP)
            
              A mannequin “Starman” sits at the wheel of a Tesla Roadster in this photo posted on the Instagram account of Elon Musk, head of auto company Tesla and founder of the private space company SpaceX. The car will be on board when SpaceX launches its new rocket, the Falcon Heavy, from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (Courtesy of Elon Musk/Instagram via AP)
            
              This image from video provided by SpaceX shows the company's spacesuit in Elon Musk's red Tesla sports car which was launched into space during the first test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (SpaceX via AP)
            
              This image from video provided by SpaceX shows the company's spacesuit in Elon Musk's red Tesla sports car which was launched into space during the first test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (SpaceX via AP)

Some stories are just too metaphysical to lend themselves for the usual commentary format.

So let’s bring in the magic wind chimes for a little homebrew haiku. We’ll use the traditional 5-7-5 format.

I call this series: “Sports car in space.”

Red car in orbit
Expensive speeding ticket
If you can catch him.

Self-parking boosters!
Like a movie in reverse
Top that, Kim Jong Un!

Three, two, one, liftoff!
Elon Musk triumphs Bigly-
Didn’t need parade!

New official rule:
Tinker bell’s life is at stake
Clap or it’s treason!

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