Sidney Beck Poet Narrative

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.

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Carolyn Devonshire January 10, 2011 at 4:37 PM Every time you thought you had two hours to go, you had to slow down and the trip got longer. I don't know anything about bearings, but I doubt ou could walk 40 miles to Calgary in the middle of winter. Hope this didn't happen, but if it did, I'm glad you can joke about it now, Syd. Love, Carolyn