Continual Acceleration

At this moment, you are tearing through the day

at the incredible speed of one thousand miles per hour.

So say the scientists, their quantification of Earth’s spin

(and that’s ignoring the fact that we’re also hurtling in orbit around the sun,

with the 67,000 miles per hour that adds on).

We’re also speeding up — continual acceleration,

courtesy of the laws surrounding circular motion.

But despite the frightening speed of this single day,

tendrils of hopeful daffodils still emerge

above the ground, the red-breasted robin

flies without worry of being left behind by his nest,

and you, instead of absorbing the impact

of sheer velocity by standing at an angle to the ground,

you maintain perfect perpendicularity

and balance.