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?