Time Warp
TIME WARP
I give the facts, you guess the rest:
150 miles to go heading west
Alberta in January - middle of the night
Bound for Calgary, slid on black ice - fright
Damaged front wheel bearing ;
Back on highway - noise under the fairing.
Slow down : 120 miles at 60 or so,
Two hours to go
Bearing noise worsens : 80 miles out, drop to 40, you know
Two hours to go
60 miles out, drop to 30….oh no
Two hours to go
Fate had me reach invisible
Time barrier insurmountable
40 miles out, at 20
Bearings died - overheat a-plenty
To Calgary? Not me, ‘twas the car
Which was never fated to get that far.
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2011
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