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Thursday, May 16, 2002

An Elegant Machine
Chad Davies, 9/19/00

I am a motor, an organic engine,
powered by muscles and sinews and sunlight and will.
The heart of an elegant machine,
art of exquisite balance and sublime geometry.

My heart calls out the cadence
and with my lungs begin a dance.
My legs turn the cranks
and breath becomes rotation.
The cranks turn the wheels
and we are motion and wind.

I find freedom here;
freedom to escape, freedom to travel.
I am free, free to spin and climb.
I find love here;
love of wind, love of sun.
I am in Love with that inner silence and rhythm.
I find power here;
power of muscle, power of will.
We are powerful, this synthesis of flesh and metal

Together we roll and glide over this curving, rolling road.
Fast enough to fly, slow enough to see;
beyond the obvious, into the world we ride through,
washed in color, layered with texture, alive in our passing.

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