I pumped Three times. The manual specifically said three times. I pulled Three times. The manual specially said no more than three times. A whir. Not longer than a whisper. The manual didn’t mention whirring. Another whir. More like a cough. There were other guidelines for coughing, washing, covering, isolating But not whirring. A third pull The cord jammed but did not whir, cough, sneeze or release. The weeds would live another day.
The segue? How does it work? They say it is from a turning gyroscope, but what makes it move, kinetic energy? A tech feat, that only engineers could make move under your feet. I have never tried to ride one and probably never will, kind of like flying a hang glider. Would want to but then again I might be killed. Like jumping from an airplane or riding a horse, where something seems safe but it is a risk, of course.
There is no quicker way to feel awkward and small than to move a ladder. It is a sensation that half remains once you set the lean and start to climb All knees and elbows and just enough fear But now above the rest, a giant, with gutters waiting.
Strange Movement
ReplyDeleteI pumped
Three times. The manual specifically said three times.
I pulled
Three times. The manual specially said no more than three times.
A whir.
Not longer than a whisper. The manual didn’t mention whirring.
Another whir.
More like a cough. There were other guidelines for coughing, washing, covering, isolating
But not whirring.
A third pull
The cord jammed but did not whir, cough, sneeze or release.
The weeds would live another day.
Rick Stepp-Bolling
The segue? How does it work?
ReplyDeleteThey say it is from a turning
gyroscope, but what makes it
move, kinetic energy? A tech
feat, that only engineers could
make move under your feet.
I have never tried to ride one
and probably never will, kind of
like flying a hang glider. Would
want to but then again I might be
killed. Like jumping from an airplane
or riding a horse, where something seems
safe but it is a risk, of course.
There is no quicker way to feel awkward and small than to move a ladder.
ReplyDeleteIt is a sensation that half remains once you set the lean and start to climb
All knees and elbows and just enough fear
But now above the rest, a giant, with gutters waiting.
walk along the sidewalk
ReplyDeleteunaware of people
passing by
touch each line
flowing along in
a free dream state