45 lines
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45 lines
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categories = ["poetic", "life", "fiction", "love"]
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date = "2018-04-07"
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images = ["/img/1*e39CbqcpCNOKbH-dPX6KZg.jpeg"]
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layout = "post"
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title = "A love letter to the infernal combustion engine"
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She flew.
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Though not on wings.
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Crouched astride a gleaming machine, she flew with gasoline.
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Flew between lumbering bubbles of steel. Just so many birdcages. And one hawk soaring among them.
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They meandered to destinations unknown. While she flew, destination undetermined. Destination *unimportant*.
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{{< image url="/img/1*e39CbqcpCNOKbH-dPX6KZg.jpeg" caption="*Photo by [KEVIN CLYDE BERBANO](https://unsplash.com/photos/r4V8xg21vek?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/speed?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)*" >}}
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She flew, and she screamed.
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She howled into the night. A fierce sound of primal anguish. Impaled with emotion. A beast of passion and turmoil, barely contained.
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The engine roared in riposte. A harsh gravelly rumble that was felt more than heard. A beast of flame and steel, barely contained.
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She screamed to vent her choked heart.
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Offered herself at the feet of the fire before she was burnt up.
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Offered herself to the grinding asphalt before she was scoured away.
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Offered herself into the fierce wind before she was blown apart.
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Screamed into the wind and rain, the fire and darkness. Screamed and let her voice be lost in the noise. Screamed in liberation from strangling feeling.
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The engine screamed with her for it knew no else.
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They screamed to live.
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<hr>
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[**Out Where The Desert Breaks.** *An Engine Roars.*](https://medium.com/@scottcarnahan/out-where-the-desert-breaks-7fda7b4d8ede "https://medium.com/@scottcarnahan/out-where-the-desert-breaks-7fda7b4d8ede")[](https://medium.com/@scottcarnahan/out-where-the-desert-breaks-7fda7b4d8ede) *Originally intended to be a piece for *[*Scene and Heard*](https://medium.com/the-scene-heard)*’s ‘Highlights’ submission call. It now doesn’t know quite what it wants to be. Regardless I shall set it free.*
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