Final Cog

“  The traffic problem is
merely that cars by the
millions enslave us to
new city systems requiring
hours of drivin to & from
  needs, on “congested” arteries,
  naturally – where once
 you’d-a walked – These
   are all conditions pointing
   to the imminent cancerous
   death of American, the
   Final Cog in the Western
    Civ. Machine – the
     supreme end-result of
     early Gothic Phallic forms
     is the skyscraper & the
       oil drill & powered
       compressor & pistons of
       great engines – the Machine
       copulates, men aren’t
         allowed to anymore.
The flesh gets numb
But the soul doesn’t.”

Kerouac, Jack. « MORE SKETCHES CALIFORNIA », Book of sketches. Penguin Books, 1952-1953, New York. Page 216.