Saturday, October 28, 2023

six simple machines

The block of head
by edge of tongue 
and screw of heart 
hang pulleys swung, 
set ramps ablaze 
and levers skewed. 

I can't recall the other 
two, or if I could, 
I'm not inclined 
so plain, 
it seems. 

So much for brain, 
now what it means 
I leave to us, or me 
or you. A bit in trust

which could be vain.

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2 comments:

  1. dogimoOctober 28, 2023 at 8:49 AM

    For the first time in an age I had to pause mid-poem to do research. The first search result returned a bastard worksheet with pictures of each, into the blanks hard by or under I was supposed to write the very answers I'd gone searching to find!

    I took it as a sign.

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  2. dogimoOctober 28, 2023 at 8:54 AM

    WHEEL & AXLE

    -sheesh. That seems like two (2) to me, but I guess so does pulley.

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