Thursday, May 21, 2020

A Motorcyclist's Ode to the Car

Stop and go, stop and go. Break, merge, and yield.
It's the calm that I'd feel in an active minefield,
and the joy, and sheer beauty, of bureaucrats' halls.
I'm kept from my own time by walls within walls:
A cubicle made out of glass, aluminum, steel,
Too light on power, with too many wheels,
High-speed locomotion with all the romance of puree.
I'm both wroth with, and bored with, this part of my day,
Despite risking a death that I no longer fear
Because I would rather not be, than be here.

Circles

Life is
Circles:
Wake up,
Work up
a Sweat,
and Sleep.
Repeat.

Most aren't
Allowed
to Forget!
Wake up;
Work up
a Sweat
and Sleep.
Repeat.

Circles
on Circles,
Nested
and Tangent—
the Lucky
Can stand it!

Wake up.
Work up
a Sweat,
and Sleep.
Repeat.

Habit is
a Circle,
Bruised yellow
Or Purple,
Pressed hard
Into who
You are.

Wake up.
Work up
a Sweat
and Sleep.
Repeat.

One life is
a Circuit:
From helpless
To reckless
To hot mess
To eldest
To helpless.

Wake up;
Work up
a Sweat,
and Sleep;
Repeat.

When events
Interrupt
This circle
Of Pain,
Some sigh
In relief.
Others sigh
To Complain.

Wake up,
Work up
a Sweat,
and Sleep;
Repeat.

I wish
I could
Forget:
Wake up.
Work up
a Sweat
and Sleep.
Repeat.