A nearly imperceptible hum
Muffled by the silk and the soft
Shelves of tomes and reams of paper
Beyond the study the corridors
The boiling brassy cylinders
Cone lock nut cross head cones
Piston head piston rings steam
Eccentric rod shackle bolt
All accurately fitted
Condensing valving pumping
Cranking spinning pushing
Polished plate and rivets
Gliding smooth a journey
To the bottom of the sea
Core of the earth or into space
The expert swirl in all its grace
There surely was magic in this perfectly mechanized construction: the day it was “wordpressed” marked also the rebellion of my piston coffee-maker. Wasn’t I lucky to be home when I read it, and not in some decadent seaside town, featuring a steam-locomotive!
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A nearly imperceptible hum
Muffled by the silk and the soft
Shelves of tomes and reams of paper
Beyond the study the corridors
The boiling brassy cylinders
Cone lock nut cross head cones
Piston head piston rings steam
Eccentric rod shackle bolt
All accurately fitted
Condensing valving pumping
Cranking spinning pushing
Polished plate and rivets
Gliding smooth a journey
To the bottom of the sea
Core of the earth or into space
The expert swirl in all its grace
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There surely was magic in this perfectly mechanized construction: the day it was “wordpressed” marked also the rebellion of my piston coffee-maker. Wasn’t I lucky to be home when I read it, and not in some decadent seaside town, featuring a steam-locomotive!
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Au diable la technique et le progrès! C’est une magie noire et corsée que celle-là, tirée des profondeurs du sac d’un sorcier de Colombie ou de Java.
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