it goes until it doesn't, this machine

i've stopped thinking; instead

give in to a reason. the highway

ends exactly as it began:

someone's idea of project, be it

started or stopped. a committee meets

and then others are committed to a

completion. this person

that person

signs off on the deliverables. there is pressure

to excel in the execution. there are beers to drink

and letters of congratulation given. the press

reports stalled progress and a congressman

is implicated in an unlawful exchange. i can't believe

that it's come to this:

that we care nothing more about the details

than we do the general scope.

(c)jim hill (04-08-11)