a young man sitting alone in the gym

a young man sitting alone in the gym
his heart is sore, he works too hard
he can’t see much, the lighting is dim
so he goes upstairs and retrieves his card

next he’ll try to ride the lawn thing
but he doesn’t like how it’s going
and he’ll try to hide and just be
what he cannot see

(accelerate)
Leather jacket, helmet clasp, bootstrap
foot peg, handlebar, spark and clap
stop sign, left and right, and back again
parking space, TV box, find a pen

(slowdown)
a cleaner Joshua watches TV
his eyes are sore, he sees too much
he cannot think of what to do next, see
he cannot think of what to do next, see
he cannot think and he’ll take to the clutch