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An Example of Road Rage

An Example of Road Rage? By Elton Camp I was out on a country road for a drive About a coming car I said, “Man, alive!” Driver was going around a sharp curve Badly out of control, he began to swerve As we just barely escaped a collision I heard a shout that I thought derision “Hog!” is the word the driver did yell I thought, “You’re the hog. Go to hell.” I rounded the curve & got another view Saw that what he said was literally true For the single word he had time to say Was actually meant in a helpful way For standing in the road was a huge sow I veered & missed her but don’t know how

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Joe Flach

Date: 1/6/2012 11:41:00 AM

Yes, sometimes, once we know the whole picture of the situation and understand the perspective of our fellow man, the suppossed insults and rants take on a whole new meaning. It has been more than once that in hindsight I wanted to take back the anger and middle finger display I shared out of uniformed stupidity and conclusion jumping. Nice write - fun and enjoyable. Thanks for sharing.

Elton Camp
Date: 1/6/2012 4:24:00 PM

Hey Joe, Thanks for reading and for your sensible comment. Incredibly, on another site where I posted this poem, a responder took me to task for lack of clarity and wanted to know if I hit or missed the hog! He missed the point of the write entirely. Elton