Haikus from a Portugese cablecar

 At yesterday's dX Live Open Mic, the word prompt was Connect and the image was this:

electrified car

on an inclined street

step up to step off

compounding incline

at door seventy-two

doubled elevation

tram power sources

electric for going up

gravity for down

look at the tracks

hear the rattling transit

feel your teeth shake

what’s that you say?

you’re talking down to me

let’s switch seats

I think I can

I’ve done it before

I can again

I have no coin

to afford a bumpy ride

I’ll get my steps in

a flat stretch of track

in a car built for slopes

everything’s tilted

six story walk up

in Lisbon’s humid heat

but a priceless view

take down the laundry

for the picturesque photo

it can rehang soon

an old merchant’s game

how far before a barrel

stops rolling downhill

is there free wi-fi?

can I charge my phone for free?

no amenities 

how far up the street

does the fresh sea air rise?

and the fish stink end

thick black cable

a vine running along

internet lifeline

action-movie scene

a cable car chase

it’s faster to walk

cable car tortoise

pedestrian hare

with nowhere to sleep

two-tone tram

mustard yellow with aged white

matching building walls

tram number one

shudders upwardly onward

where’s number two?