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There are things in this world
that are simple and clean
but I would prefer more
convoluted machines

I dream
that one day
everybody will come to say
even very simple things are complicated


I have a plan
to improve the nation
by bringing back
Goldberg variations

Hey Rube!
What can you do
to open a parachute?
Can you make a simple thing too complicated?

You cannot escape
once you jump from the plane
You're never so high
as when you fall from the sky

Bamboo umbrella operates cutters
penguin reaches for frozen water
saws through a log, drops in the basket
pulls the string and triggers the musket

opens the cage and the bird is set free

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Hey Rube!
Whatcha gonna do
when I build one too?
I can make a simple thing too complicated

When I get to work
I begin with a jerk
that releases a ball
that rolls down the hall

bumps into a matchstick tower
lights a fire under a sprinkler
firetruck comes and when they are done
they ask me if I would like some

and that's how I get my coffee in the morning


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from All Rights Reversed, released July 4, 2009

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