"For an age of tire sandals"

These interstates that crease the land below
Will linger after no more jet planes go;
And people still will long to change their place,
In shoes of cut-up tires their farings trace.
Then making them will be one cherished skill
Whether or not these roving hordes can spell.


"The word for a wheeled vehicle vanished from the Arab language for a thousand years." --Freeman Dyson, Infinite in All Directions (1988)


"When legendary field operative Tony (Poe) Posmepny was questioned by the upper echelons in Saigon regarding the accuracy of his body-count reports, his response was immediately to dispatch a courier with a bag of Viet Cong ears to the Vietnamese capital (sic). ...The ears in question were all left ears, just to ensure that his superiors understood..." --Mike Farren, CIA: Secrets of "The Company" (2003)