REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS

Forced water must be blown, warning lights
observed and blower valves respected

even if a water jacket’s compromised,
the spud-and-chain starts grinding, or the stoker’s

hole gets monkeyed. Whether towbar toolbox
governor or flywheel piston whistle, any steersman

or oil boy tender knows his crankshaft from his
connecting rod, his sliding valve from his reversing

lever. A rhythmic spiking pressure gauge shows
how every revolution describes a perfect circle.