In a simpler place, at a simpler time, a parade. Every day at rush hours, the work parade. Nature’s parade (a duck mother and ducklings). Greedy for a show, the people goad the fire department into leading an extended, loud procession. A parade of fire fighters, along with anyone who wants to follow them down the …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Bent Shock
It’s a sad day when you see something like this. What you’re seeing in the photo above is a rear shock, which is supposed to be straight, but which is now defining a suspicious and unsafe angle. It means I jumped something a little too high or too hard, or both. It means the end …
Whimper or Scream
You were born screaming. What will you do now? Will you whimper? Will you fall on the floor and mewl? Will you cry out only if the scary stuff comes your way? Will you grow silent? What has life done to you? Has it taught you to be afraid? You were born SCREAMING!!! How else can …
Color
You were born naked, Except for a covering Borrowed from your mother, And red was your color. The world caught you up, Diluted you, washed you To the pale-pink hue Of a rock on a river’s edge. Growing, evolving, floundering Like so many before, You discovered earth, to roll in it So brown …
A Writer’s Dream, or Nightmare?
O magnificent pen! What joys you bring! Shall I wax poetic about thee, dear pen? Nah. I’ll save it for poetry hour. However, now that I’ve weeded out all the readers who judge what they read by the first line of anything, I’ll get to the good stuff. Did you know there are ball …
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