I am curvilinear, efficient, and graceful in my lines.

I am an American engineering marvel.

But you believe my beauty only lies as deep as the lawn grass protecting my flanks.

You suppose my innards reek of dead river.

You think I hum an ugly song.

You’re just another one of those fucking tree huggers aren’t you?

Don’t you know I am what matters, I am how the world operates, I am just the way it is.

Look at me!

Ponder my size and weight.

Feel the river shudder beneath me.

Hear me roar with dropping water.

See how I suck the river through my lips, chewing it methodically with each turbine.

Look at me, motherfucker!

I’ll stand when you fall.

You are still not impressed?