2/7/24 - fish vs. machine (poetry)

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He waits.


Shadow cast down

upon a sea of asphalt,

shouldering the warmth of the shine;

he has bigger fish to fry.


Sol acts as his soapbox,

fingers spread out;

beeping spreads the word.


What's that, the machine's cogs groan.

I'll tell you, he says.


Agreeable, he is.

The cogs no longer groan.

He has their attention now.


//


It is the fourth year.


The cogs groan once again,

rusting with wear.


He waits.


Shadow clawing at the

asphalt;

shouldering the sting of the Sun,

the bigger fish are frying.

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