The only subject I'm qualified to sit for a doctorate in is motion studies
I can tell you all about the friction one experiences after six and a half hours of walking
And the notions that one comes up with when one has been on a bike for all the waking hours
The feeling of speed
And the feeling of slow
I can translate into any language
That the body can make
Except for the super-specialized ones
But they don't ask about those in the dissertation defense
So I'll get my big weird hat
After talking about what it means to cross a street in a different city every week
Jaywalking or calmly obeying the law
How to run along to get somewhere on time
How to lose track of time in one's body, other than the relative time since that last sip of water
And then I'll do research
And publish
The maps of the motion
And I'll make theoretical and empirical strides in the field
All the while inspiring the next generation of amateur and professional motionists
Living through each stage
From romantic motion
To a blue period
To the post-modern motion movement
Full of mirrors
And electronics
And luddites
Walking barefoot
Through the meadows that remain
Aware of every step
Roman Ryan 