Air lines on the map
ley-lines of the modern age
intersect
drawing in and
disgorging fodder
for the machine.
Not a dystopia
but a process
Heathrow: Heath Robinson
affair of conveyors and kiosks
tubes and tunnels
and random corrugated accretions
contraption of boots and brooms
gropings and inspections
an electric illumination
of pokings and proddings
separating and recombining
humans, luggage
alcohol, information
Ingredients
for the final extrusion:
Tin cans of passengers
packaged
ready to fly.

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