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Demolition Derby Primer

A unique form of destructive competition
  is a derby of sorts, called demolition. . .

 
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Build It Up

 Gasoline fumes hang heavy in the air
  as the cars are prepped and cut up with care. . .
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My Afternoon in the Pits

Necks turn red in the bright August sun,
  and the bullshit starts flying before it’s begun. . .
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Guest Poem: Last Minute Frenzy

 ’Twas the night before demos, and all through the shop,
    no hoist was available, not even the outside spot. . .
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Air Ratchet Pit Polka

Background noise wafted through the fair stands
  as the pit boss went around checking wristbands. . .

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Game On!

Heat one on deck, it’s demo derby day-
  the precious minutes start ticking away. . .
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Extreme Demolition Rhyming Repetition

This extreme form of grotesque competition 
  consists of automobiles engaged in demolition. . .
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Interview with a Veteran Driver

Todd Zeller
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Demo Musings

All of the components, materials, and parts  
  become a formidable creature, alive when it starts. . .
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Real Demo People

Demolition drivers wielding their tanks of steel,
  and derby folk in general, are people very real.


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My Dear Friend Dick

The crowd was wowed as he grilled the meat,
  his stories of past derbies were hard to beat. . .
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