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PRAISE BE TO STEAM
Fresh/Brine
Clouds/Fog
Snow/Ice
In all its forms
Water is life’s blessing
But exclusive to humanity
Is water in the form of steam
Without steam
Humans would not exist
In the numbers they do presently
Steam
Powers machines
Disinfects and cleans
Steam
Makes the inedible edible
Preserving food hermetically
Steam
Produces electricity
Today, as it did, yesterday
Coal, oil, and gas
And nuclear materials
Are all just fuels
Used to make steam
That powers generators
Till we find a better solution
We will use this catalyst
Of the industrial revolution
Till then let steam
Power our nation
And inspire
A steampunk generation
Clouds/Fog
Snow/Ice
In all its forms
Water is life’s blessing
But exclusive to humanity
Is water in the form of steam
Without steam
Humans would not exist
In the numbers they do presently
Steam
Powers machines
Disinfects and cleans
Steam
Makes the inedible edible
Preserving food hermetically
Steam
Produces electricity
Today, as it did, yesterday
Coal, oil, and gas
And nuclear materials
Are all just fuels
Used to make steam
That powers generators
Till we find a better solution
We will use this catalyst
Of the industrial revolution
Till then let steam
Power our nation
And inspire
A steampunk generation
Published 27th May 2018
Author's Note
Being I'm a licensed mechanical engineer in the cold frozen state of Minnesota, I couldn't help but enter the Steam Punk competition. For the last ten years I've been caring for a steam powered locomotive made in 1878. This wonderful engine found a new life in 1911 when it was taken off its wheels, placed in a hole and had a brownstone building built around it. Here, it was used to heat the condo where I live at. It originally was coal fired, but converted to gas in the 1950's. Sadly, despite my decade of tender loving care, the old girl wore out and was replaced last summer with a new pork chop steam boiler.
When I saw her all cut up in a dumpster I cried.
Seriously, I really did cry!
Imagine if automobile, or any other type of machinery could last that long!
When I saw her all cut up in a dumpster I cried.
Seriously, I really did cry!
Imagine if automobile, or any other type of machinery could last that long!
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