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Ratleader

Member Rara Avis

since 2003-01-23

Posts 7026
Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

0 posted 2004-09-09 12:39 PM

               Crossing Gate

The gate doesn’t know
               a train is coming:
up track somewhere
               a metal synapse
               closes
and the bell starts,
drowned by traffic,
               bored
               with the job of ringing
               at sound insulated cars,
then the blackwhite board
               wobbles down
with the verve of a rubber stamp
               at the DMV.

Maybe it saved my life,
               but still
               there’s nothing heroic
               about a gate.
On the other hand,
                the train is
                way up there;
                I could cross
before--

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2004-09-09 12:44 PM

If you dare...but it hurts if the car stalls...James

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

2 posted 2004-09-09 09:58 AM

No! don't even try! Oops-too late. See what happens? I like the way you ended this one.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

3 posted 2004-09-09 10:23 AM

hm...I know a mother who lost two children in doing that... not a pretty picture!

I like how this leaves one on edge wondering... It's something that most drivers daringly wonder! Enjoyed.

miscellanea

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

4 posted 2004-09-09 10:32 AM

Oh, my friend...but I hope you don't.
Hugs,
Ethel

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2004-09-09 10:35 AM

have done this more than a few times myself...

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

6 posted 2004-09-09 01:21 PM

When it comes to capturing a moment we all recognize... but doing so in such a way that we see nuances we never imagined... you have no equal... or even peer. *S*

As I read this, I thought of those life-changing moments that slip up on us... when our futures are literally defined by the briefest answer... or... depending on the answer we give... we never even know a choice was even there. *S*

This is superb, my friend... yes. *S*

MGROVES

Member Elite

since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

7 posted 2004-09-09 04:00 PM

choices we make ?? liked this

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