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== With the Brain at the Wheel ==


 
<paragraph keywords="car part, vision, haptic, sound, metaphor, driving">
<paragraph keywords="affect, car part, metaphysics, road">
<poem>
<poem>
With the brain at the wheel
With the brain at the wheel
the eye on the road
The eye on the road
and the hand to the left
And the hand to the left
pleasant be your progress
Pleasant be your progress
explorer, producer, stoic, after your fashion.
Explorer producer stoic after your fashion
Change
Change
CHANGE
Change to
to what speed? to what underwear?
To what speed to what underwear
Here is a town, here a mill:
Here is a town here a mill
nothing surprises you old horse face.
Nothing surprizes you old horseface
Guzzle-guzzle goes the siren;
Guzzle guzzle goes the siren
and the world will learn to admire and applaud your concern about
And the world will learn to admire and applaud your concern  
the parts, your firmness with employees, and your justice to
with the parts your firmness with employees and your justice to your friends.
your friends.
Your pride will not be overridden
Your pride will not be overridden
Your faith will go unmortified.
Your faith will go unmortified.

Latest revision as of 11:31, 16 July 2024

Bibliographic Information
Author Josephson, Matthew
Genre Poetry
Journal or Book -
Publisher Merz Verlag
Year of Publication 1923
Pages 62
Additional information The poem was simultaneously published in a German and an American journal.


With the brain at the wheel
The eye on the road
And the hand to the left
Pleasant be your progress
Explorer producer stoic after your fashion
Change
Change to
To what speed to what underwear
Here is a town here a mill
Nothing surprizes you old horseface
Guzzle guzzle goes the siren
And the world will learn to admire and applaud your concern
with the parts your firmness with employees and your justice to your friends.
Your pride will not be overridden
Your faith will go unmortified.

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