the wheel thing
9+ hours since one a.m., and still it continues to be Thursday. It’s no coincidence that timekeeping devices, from simple oboli to atomic clocks, are predicated on circularity. People miss the point about the invention of the wheel; sure, it was of some use in transportation, but the chief consequence was that with it we invented time. Time, and wheelie-bins.
And wheelbarrows.
I could go on.
And I will, but not about transports, like camper-vans, trollies, chariots, Vauxhall Novae, velocipedes and open-cast mining machines, nor other examples of the wheel put to the honest service of mankind, like pulleys, opisometers, gyroscopes, or the Wheel of Fortune, as spun by the dubious Mr Leslie, before he was dubious.
What I will go on with is Time. Or rather, Time as we present and represent it, ad nauseum, by that incommodious vicus, the vicious circle.
[Touching the tips of my thumb and forefinger together, I zoom it in on you and snarl]
But not now. I’ll go into Time another time. Right now it’s time for elevenses.
EDIT: title wasn’t working
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here is the first part of your poem :)
once upon a time
before 1825
railways were known as rickety wooden tracks
in the coal mines they were
and the horses pulled the loads
its surprising they didnt break their backs
now some clever minds they thought
and in their state of wonder
ideas of steam and locomotive machines
over this they did ponder
however foolishly in 1830
william huskisson was killed at a ceremony
the rainhill trials
stephensons rocket won
and in 1836 opened the birmingham to london
the 1840s were a decade of expansion
seeing the first railway mania from 1837
by this time so the records tell
there were aproximatley 1500 miles of track open
…………………………………
yer it badly ryhmes- i just couldnt help it!
pink
x
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Posted on 31-Jul-03 at 8:00 pm | Permalinkhonestly, that’s fantastic. great linebreaks and a cool edgy narrative. can’t wait for the second part, will sweetie you ASAP. thanks!
p.s. i love the use of “foolishly” and “approximately”.
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Posted on 31-Jul-03 at 8:01 pm | Permalink