Track and Field

March 01, 2022

Twenty-eight degrees
Celsius, not Fahrenheit, mind you
February
whispers: but it felt like june

Doing track and field
On the track
Track my best record
The sun was in my eyes, and I lost
Track

There was this dude on the skateboard
blond, skating
Down the hill
One of his legs trailing
I could hear the soul of his sneakers
Hissing against the sidewalk
It must hurt so much
Bearing pain for something bigger
And more powerful
And having no one
Ache for you

We college students
Jaywalk
Why is it called jaywalking
My dear bluejay
Press the button

    I did

        that lazy white pixel guy must be slacking off again

Somewhere
In the back of my head
Someone
Planted a camera
And they’re keeping track

Track and field
Have you lost track yet

Speedwalking now
To Powell
Moment of inertia, rota
Tions

The earth is rotating
At the speed of light
Given the earth’s radius
Calculate its angular velocity

but professor, professor, wouldn’t we all be dead
If earth was rotating at the speed of light

    dear child, look around you and tell me
Are things any different
with earth rotating at the speed of
Roughly 2pi / 86400 rad/s

        Now shoo, shoo
Have fun in the meadows with your peers
Enjoy the sun
And be glad humans haven’t harnessed the power of
Nuclear fusion

I went out
And planted trees
On the blackboard,
On my ipad
And later I will plant another on leetcode

It was still twenty-eight when I walked back
Track and field
, Tennis court
What’s the score now?
I didn’t keep track
That’s ok,
Tis a beautiful day after all

Track my footprints
My carbon footprint
It’s so bright and peaceful
On a grove of dead trees

There are no cracks on the pavement outside Rieber

and so many cracks elsewhere

    I lied, love, just squint a little harder

It’s a peaceful age
Only for the lucky people

Track and field
Keeping track of
How lucky I’ve been
I’ve scraped my knee
And broken my teeth
Somewhere,
Someone
Is keeping track
I hope that’s all I’ll ever break.


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