An Ode to Technology, National Poetry Month: Poetry Challenge of the Day
The Man Killer
That haunts the plant
About a drunker's death
On the C-1 Line.
No one deserves it - - they tell,
But he was in the wrong place.
20,000 lbs. can,
Well - - change a man,
Respectfully,
Into whatever it deems fit.
In this case
The hood of a Chevy.
Flecks of bone, jellied flesh
And that - - gray matter,
Which had went
Momentarily unused,
Found itself
Tightly compressed in the die.
What drove him into - -
That open mouth of solid steel?
Two finely tooled jaws
Engineered
To sheer and spit
A million clones out the other end.
Surely - - he'd gone in
A hundred times before,
Support bars
Resting on the column post,
Safety-lock
Dangling from his jeans,
Tempting Newton and Murphy,
Pushing their buttons,
Provoking them
To finally exercise their laws
With a thunderous clap
And - - a moment of silence.
Operator error - - they tell,
His memory stamped
Repeatedly
Into Unionized nerves,
For the Man Killer
Still shakes the floor.
Published by J L Carey Jr
J L Carey Jr, Author of the book Turning Pages, is a writer and an artist living in Michigan with his wife and three children. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from National University and a BA in Englis... View profile
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8 Comments
Post a CommentWonderful! Reads like modern folklore. I love the line "Tempting Newton and Murphy,". Glad you liked "The Well"! Have a happy 4th!
Is that what modern poetry like! You have excelled in it!
Scary .. sounds like a monologue fit for a frightening blockbuster movie. Good job.
awesome, chilling!
Is it just my computer or does the advertisement cover the text?
Like modern Poe poetry! Grimly compelling.
what a wonderful creation .. wow I am speechless. gr8 going
OMG - vivid, horrific ode. But you nailed the ode part.