It was in my way
Large
Misshapen
And grey
I cursed it
But it didn't move
I blinked
It didn't blink back
Damned rock
The only road to town
Blocked by this big bastard
Which had fallen down
From the cliff up above
I gave it a shove
It grumbled
So I spit on it
It spit back
I wiped my face
I was taken aback
Why should I move
It asked me aloud
Because you're in the thoroughfare
And that shouldn't be allowed
That's what I told it
And I was pretty proud
Telling off a rock
It just doesn't happen every day
It stared at me bleakly
You can swear and shove
But I'm not going anywhere
I measure time in centuries
Maybe in a few ticks
I'll think about moving
And not until then
But don't worry
You'll know when
It will be just after
You turn to dust
As all things must
Then it seemed to shiver
The ground
It quivered
That rock strained
Pulled against it's geologic anchor
But it's Mass times Gravity
Met the Newtonian reality
Of the reluctance
Of an immobile object
To move
I
On the other hand
Decided that I had nothing to prove
So I walked around it
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