The arid highway subjugates the earth,
\nA monument to mastery of man.
\nFantastic artifice: cement and steel,
\nThe world enslaved and trammelled by its span.<\/p>\n
A million ugly motors fight the road;
\nRetch bitter toxins from a distant star.
\nMiasma of a century’s exhaust
\nInsinuates itself in every scar.<\/p>\n
Gentle infusions of jazz from the radio.
\nEngines stand idle, but there’s no particular
\nHurry; removed from the concrete reality,
\nLulled in his filtered cocoon, he’s untouchable.<\/p>\n
The grimy shards of past disasters lie,
\nStatistical monitions of the real,
\nNeglected, on the asphalt. He believes
\nThat nothing can collide with his ideal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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