9/5/95 - 3/4/97

Run, Rat, Run

One foot in front of  
the other, striding ahead
a smooth style,
flowing easily
pacing the streets, pushing hard

Against yourself, the clock, your heart,
lungs, the lactic acid buildup, you
                        catch your 
            breath      as       a 
downhill   stretch 
greets you

Faces watch you as they steer,
walk slowly, sit eating multinational crap
full of fat, the fat you burn
you feel your body, alive, 
learning the pleasures of inner peace
and transendence.

Independence
Unification of body and mind,
exhiliration as you near the end of 
of the pain/pleasure.

Sweating, you jog, 
walk, cool down, slowly
repaying the oxygen debt
until you make your next withdrawal
from the bank of activity.

you run your own race, not the rat race