Every Time a New Hand Reinvents the Wheel

Every time I open up
I get this, “Why reinvent the wheel?”
But that's a lack of vision.
Every wheel needs reinventing.

New hands fix the functional circle,
Spread hub, set axle -- primary.
New hands, a new mind, every time,
Even if every wheel’s identical.

Manual is the new automation.

Separated wheel is distinguished
And the new hands also --
A spoke, a line, a circle of rubber,
Rim filling up on motion and air.

Automation demands hands.

Every wheel renewed! Who
demands dehumanization?
Even automation is a human pursuit.
Action, when we go looking for it.

4/25/06 (5/24/06)