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title: "Diesel scream, kerosene dream"
date: 2018-04-03
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![](/img/1*fe25BWvAPBWbbK1Fje5-7w.jpeg)Photo by [Roland Larsson](https://unsplash.com/photos/wnckwrtK_Ns?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/explosion?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)**Fuel**liquidated corpse energy
**Air**animator of life and flame alike
**Metal**precisely machined
**Spark**bright and fierce
In union just *so*, these things make magic.
Cold metal cradles, oddly nurturing.
Fuel rushes excitedly to meet its fate in flame.
Air roars in to join it.
A suicidal mixture aching to explode.
*Click*.
Fleeting spark, tiny supernova.
*Then, explosion.*
White heat, blazing light and crackling roar. Ricochet expansion.
Awaiting piston slammed back. Gunshot crack like snapped bone.
Raw fury leashed and focused. By-product of feral roar.
The flame dies as quickly as it had lived.
A moment of peace until…
Fuel gushes once more