Thursday, December 6, 2007

An Overpass is not a Bridge?

People may not say it that way
but you may call me a walking stiff.

No, I am not stiff from walking.
Walking is an activity
probably most people fear.

They have for a very long time.
Horses, boats, trains, car, airplanes.

Many ways have been created
so that people will not have to walk.

Great distances are crossed
but are also necessitated
because people don't like to walk.

Even short distances.

And because people don't like to walk
regulations must be made, rules and charges
that limit the ability of one
who does not wish to walk.

Flunk and you walk.
Or be the mercy of others
even when it is cheerily given.

People don't like to walk
and they look at you funny
if (when) you do.

I think it's all kind of funny
another symptom of a system
that takes the most perverse stance

on everything.

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