GR translation: a hung-up tappet or two

[Monte Davis]

Stuck rather than moving as it should

On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V627.4-8, P639.19-23   Bottles roll clanking on the floor, under the
> bonnet a hung-up tappet or two chatters its story of discomfort. Wild
> mustard whips past down the center of the Autobahn, perfectly two-tone,
> just yellow and green, a fateful river seen only by the two kinds of
> rippling light. Roger sings to a girl in Cuxhaven who still carries
> Jessica’s name:
>
> What does "hung-up" mean here?
>
>
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