Puff

discovery

was the fuel

that made our engine go

and it was

the rocket grade stuff

driving pistons

rods

and lifters

with reasonable efficiency

and ain't that what sex is?

tiny explosions

and the mitigation of friction

the transfer of energy through

intake

compression

ignition

and exhaust

and I bet we looked like

a harebrained clockwork

two fledglings

a pair of not quite men

pumping

and chugging and chuffing

under childrens' sheets

The Dukes Of Hazzard

of hazard

I recall smelling

our carbon based

emissions

diesel soot

you could almost see

on the walls

scent you could

spread on toast

by sticking a butter knife

into the open room

like fossil fuels

it was a powerful revolution

but alas

unsustainable

and the pollution

the shame and dinged pride

of unmet expectations

soon conspired with time

to gum and seize

our comely contraption

our infernal combustion