Calvin's Gas Station (from Riding The Greyhound)

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Open Poetry #48

Calvin's Gas Station (from Riding The Greyhound)

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2012-10-03 08:37 PM

Calvin's Gas Station
(from Riding The Greyhound)

It was long, flat stretch,
where all you saw was miles,
telephone poles on the left,
wire looped from one to the next,
for miles, and miles,
the sun rising behind us with the dawn,
sinking in front of us with the eve,
and still,
all you saw was miles, and miles and miles.

Then a gas station
where grey dog stopped.

Stepping off the dog
was like learning to walk.
You had sat so long
your legs numbed, and awakening
by hitting the ground
sent tingling pains
up your calves and thighs.

Learning to walk,
after miles and miles and miles,
at Calvin's Gas Station ,
was almost a letdown -
you left, "no-place-to-be",
a long ways back, and
you've arrived at - "nowhere",
with only miles and miles and miles
to go - and not all of them
beneath the wheels,
of the big grey dog.

©wesley james beard, jr.
september, 2012

[This message has been edited by jwesley (10-04-2012 02:07 PM).]

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-10-03 09:16 PM

"and not all of them
beneath the wheels,
of the big grey dog."

I know that's for a fact, J. Those miles and miles and miles to go when the big grey dog has left you behind are the worst kinda miles. You know where you need to go, and you look toward the sun and it flips you the bird.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

2 posted 2012-10-04 12:42 PM

waww I bet that poor doggie was tired... maybe a horse next time would be better haha

good stuff my friend

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2012-10-04 10:16 AM

Very cool, gotta love these tales you tell.
You are always a treat to read, jw~

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2012-10-04 09:50 PM

Fine writing...enjoyed...James

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2012-10-05 05:16 PM

Remembering "the grey dog" Jimmy. Very well done.
Ida

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