Speed

The dream of speed arose on horseback, need

Not have rushed past gallop but the seed

Burst by riggers and clippers breeds swiftly

Quicker thoughts better little may impede.

The search engines oiled these dreams with greed

Fast landscapes car deeds normalised, no heed.

Runways’ runaway success signed cloud creeds

Been-there-done-that’s insatiable feed.

Rapid transit language post-haste spoken

Lived out the language once awoken:

Store your luggage in the overhead locker

If this is Tuesday it must be Tokyo.

Unstoppable movement left debris tokens,

Straight line bitumen its quartz sparks broken.