Fallon's Wonderful Machine
“That night the machine started early. As soon as Fallon went to bed. It worked through the night. It was silent. Its parts well oiled. Well cared for. The phrase 'labour or love' is invoked too often, to describe the most mundane of things.
When it came to this machine, therefore, the phrase was too weak.
Too watered down. So it won't be used. Let's just watch instead.
See the levers slide back and forth. See the switches go on and off. The wheel turns a full circle. One fifth of a circle back.... A gear moves into position and the wheel continues.
Slower now. Another full circle. Are we to see any meaning here?
Are the clicks and whirs, so soft, somehow symbolic of what the machine is doing? And why is it working so hard tonight?
Unanswered questions! But watching it is kind of beautiful, isn't it? Intriguing, or hypnotic maybe? No.
There's a smile here. However slight and small. It's hiding in our features. A satisfaction like watching a lean leopard creep through the grass. And like the nocturnal leopard, the machine stopped at last, when the sun rose in a clear sky.MoreLess
When it came to this machine, therefore, the phrase was too weak.
Too watered down. So it won't be used. Let's just watch instead.
See the levers slide back and forth. See the switches go on and off. The wheel turns a full circle. One fifth of a circle back.... A gear moves into position and the wheel continues.
Slower now. Another full circle. Are we to see any meaning here?
Are the clicks and whirs, so soft, somehow symbolic of what the machine is doing? And why is it working so hard tonight?
Unanswered questions! But watching it is kind of beautiful, isn't it? Intriguing, or hypnotic maybe? No.
There's a smile here. However slight and small. It's hiding in our features. A satisfaction like watching a lean leopard creep through the grass. And like the nocturnal leopard, the machine stopped at last, when the sun rose in a clear sky.MoreLess
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