The Humble Fan

Our first appliance was the humble fan
that moved unseen currents of air toward
the consumer more efficiently than Pharo's
slave-boy powered fronds.


Driven by direct current when
electricity was new, we marveled
more though at seeing through
the solid spinning blades, however darkly,
to the world beyond.


FG 6 MAY 2011


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