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    Softer Ground
by Tom Oster

 



Fluorescent nylon and magnesium alloy
Muscling through the forest.
Ergonometric engines of entertainment,
Filled with themselves,
Flashing through the forest --

Visored eyes looking good
but seeing nothing.

Sprockets and gear changers,
Recombinant for every speed but slow,
Hurl their boisterous presence

Into my attention.

I step aside and let them pass --
Freely yield the hardened path.
Sidelined in the softer ground, I stand
Content to let them speed ahead
Through their playground.
Their high tech nature trek
Will cover more ground than I today,
But still, I walk on through creation
Content to face the challenge
Of walking slowly in the softer ground.

     
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