Breaker Bar
Every now and then I get the itch to lift
The simple slender breaker bar in my hands
Snap a socket on the square pivot fitting
And go hunting for a big fat frozen bolt
One that hasn’t budged in ages, rust bound
Threads that yearn to give held fast by a split
Spiral washer, tense marriage of wedge
To pent up tension for no other reason
Than to feel the sheer unbridled joy
That comes from applying Archimedes
Law of the Lever, poised to deliver
A stunning verdict proclaimed with a sharp
Dry crack that travels through my hands
My arms to light up some forgotten
Constellation in a dark and dusty
corner of my brain, closing a circuit
That began with the simple slender
Breaker bar, bequeathed but rarely wielded
A conjure stick to summon you back to
Throw your weight around, tip the scales in my
Favor, balanced absurdly here on the business end.
Sep 29, 2016
Sep 29, 2016 at 7:12 AM UTC
Breaker Bar
Every now and then I get the itch to lift
The simple slender breaker bar in my hands
Snap a socket on the square pivot fitting
And go hunting for a big fat frozen bolt
One that hasn’t budged in ages, rust bound
Threads that yearn to give held fast by a split
Spiral washer, tense marriage of wedge
To pent up tension for no other reason
Than to feel the sheer unbridled joy
That comes from applying Archimedes
Law of the Lever, poised to deliver
A stunning verdict proclaimed with a sharp
Dry crack that travels through my hands
My arms to light up some forgotten
Constellation in a dark and dusty
corner of my brain, closing a circuit
That began with the simple slender
Breaker bar, bequeathed but rarely wielded
A conjure stick to summon you back to
Throw your weight around, tip the scales in my
Favor, balanced absurdly here on the business end.
