mechanical horses line up at the gate

riders clad in straps of leather

contemplating their fate

Akira Koike takes up pole position

favored to win

his prized stallion fitted with

an atomic booster engine

the steed is comprised of HSLA steel

welded shut from muzzle to heel

the chariot attached is made of chromed magnesium

lightweight and strong with rivets of ...

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Sometimes, inspiration and imagination have strange effects.

De Jeune

Swallows dive, swoon

like wind-swayed ink drops

down, and beyond the light:

swallowed by the sky,

flown blue, over

road-birds – honed

by simple flight.

Like arrows in Canada

in thunderhead afternoons:

clouds rolling, rutting hinds

in migration, pounding sand-trails,

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When the steam clears

There’s a proper sound

something real

a “Clunk”

a proper chunk of past

proper steel to steel

wheel to wheel

a “Thunk”

something you can feel

I Thunk!

I clod about in boots

steel toe capped boots

heel to heel

steel to steel

It suits me

they are my rails

my parallel tracks

in them

I feel secure

on track

...

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