Bob Arnold

VINEGAR

Native ran skidder in the
Woods and drove a brand
New GMC pickup with three
Jonsereds grubby in the
Back bed and when the
Winch on the skidder -
A Hercules - acted up,
Couldn't pick the hitch
Of logs over a stump,
Native didn't know what to do

So he drove ten miles back
To town and called his boss
Who called the former
Skidder owner, and when
I saw him later in the
Day pouring regular
Kitchen vinegar
Over the winch gears -
Same vinegar we
Jar in our pickles -
He said, "I know it looks
Crazy but it's what the

Guy who used to own this

Said to do"

 

Over $50,000 of
Equipment stranded
Until Native screwed off
$1.29 cap of vinegar

        -Bob Arnold

Bob has been on WITT before. He and his wife Susan run Longhouse Press in rural Guilford, Vermont. He has organized an ensemble of music & poetry readings on Brattleboro streets dedicated to Katrina relief for New Orleans musicians.