LEARNING HOW TO OPERATE A SANDVIK LH202

Photographer and machine operator: Giuseppe Bartoli.

You’ve stopped extracting meaning
because of its high emotional cost
a thousand imaginary tonnes of rock
Crushing your chest into a tightness.
call it an inner barrier so compact
the bucket of a Sandvik would be jealous.

Clearly, you are the machinist
of the heavy equipment vehicle that is your life,
but how efficient are you? There’s no way
of digging yourself out of the fact
your emotions run deep, but narrow veins
require learning how to safely release
all blockages. The trick is in the way
you tilt the bucket. Let it out! Let it out! Let it…