Motorway story
Spun in tyre track spaghetti
No sign of the sauce
~
n.b. Yesterday I passed an emergency crew of police, crash tender and paramedics attending to a serious collision on the far carriageway. Someone was being lifted onto a bodyboard.
Several vehicles had been involved.
This evening as I returned on that side of the M25, there were just the rubber marks on the road surface recording the moments of the pile up.
How quickly life moves on.
~
CLP 01/08/2020
That moment when you
can feel nothing above and
nothing below. Gulp!
~
CLP 02/08/2020
i.
How did they fall
From the hands of the dealer
Did you get what you want
Were you lucky or not?
ii.
Is this just a game
Some trivial pursuit
That fills up the time
Because that’s all you’ve got?
iii.
Take it or leave it
Just harmless fun
Do you really not care
If you lost or won?
iv.
Did you join in the game
Believing all take this lightly
Thinking it a fresh unsealed pack
Then find yours have been marked?
v.
Do you keep paying in
With the deck stacked against you
Still piling up debt
To your craning neck?
vi.
Did you win or lose
A few expendable pennies
Or was it the house
Your last threadbare shirt?
vii.
Did you sit down ready
Cards up your sleeve
Wait for the moment
To play your subtle trick?
ix.
Did you come clean
Lay them out on the baize
In the harsh light
All eyes on the table?
x.
Were you confident
You had the best hand
But were shocked and surprised
To find yourself trumped?
xi.
Do these just depict
Long held childish dreams
While a king and a queen
Still hold all the aces?
xii.
Did you come here to find
What has been fated
Seeking hopeful signs
Better future awaited?
xiii.
How did they fall
From the hands of the dealer
Did you get what you want
Were you lucky or not?
~
CLP 01/08/2020
No longer a home
Just a street name and number
No trace of our tears
~
CLP 01/08/2020
Lockdown to gridlock
Mad weekend rush to seaside.
Gridlock to Lockdown?
~
CLP 01/08/2020
Spelling aside, it
looks like this chase is over.
Hope you’re happy now
~
CLP 30/07/2020
